PETERHOF 



rooms of the palace are on the first floor ; the 

 Portrait Room contains portraits of girls and 

 young women from all parts of Russia, painted by 

 Count Rotari during a journey of Catherine II. 

 In the Divan Room are portraits of the 

 Empresses Elizabeth and Catherine. In the 

 Boudoir Room there is a beautiful Italian 

 tortoiseshell cabinet. The Standard Room is 

 decorated with yellow silk, the Guest Chamber 

 with blue silk, the Cavalier Room with red 

 silk ; the last contains a portrait of Peter on the 

 Gulf of Finland, by Dobrovolski. 



Eleven of the rooms were occupied by Queen 

 Olga of Wurtemberg, daughter of the Emperor 

 Nicholas I. The first and second Chinese rooms 

 are lacquered in black and gilt. The cabinet of 

 Nicholas I, in carved oak, contains a mosaic 

 portrait of Peter, by Jumevitch (1835). The 

 room of the Maids-of-Honour is in white and 

 gilt. The room of Peter contains tapestry after 

 Stenben, with the subject of Peter on Lake 

 Ladoga. The Saloon of the Guards contains 

 battle-pieces, and the Merchants' Room is very 

 large. 



The church has five golden cupolas. It was 

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