The Stroganov Palace Ludmila and I, together with Paul Rodzianko found in between the press-conference and the evening reception time to visit the Stroganov Palace. There we met with Sergei Kuzneztov, Section Head of State Russian Museum, specialist on the Stroganov family. He have just published a new book about the Stroganov Palace (see the book section). His previous book from 2012 was about the Stroganov family - their climb from peasants to one of the richest and most influential families in pre-revolution Russia. e had a tour of the palace, where Sergei Kuznetzov directed our attention to special details and added less known information he had gain during his many years there in charge of the palace restoration. There are many histories and objects related to the Romanovs there, many have been lost after the 1917-revolution, but there is still a fireplace donated by Emperor Alexander II to Count Stroganov in connection with his aide to Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (Nixa) and some paintings on the wall/
The Stroganov Palace Ludmila and I, together with Paul Rodzianko found in between the press-conference and the evening reception time to visit the Stroganov Palace. There we met with Sergei Kuzneztov, Section Head of State Russian Museum, specialist on the Stroganov family. He have just published a new book about the Stroganov Palace (see the book section). His previous book from 2012 was about the Stroganov family - their climb from peasants to one of the richest and most influential families in pre-revolution Russia. e had a tour of the palace, where Sergei Kuznetzov directed our attention to special details and added less known information he had gain during his many years there in charge of the palace restoration. There are many histories and objects related to the Romanovs there, many have been lost after the 1917-revolution, but there is still a fireplace donated by Emperor Alexander II to Count Stroganov in connection with his aide to Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (Nixa) and some paintings on the wall/