After the revolution, the Sheremetev Palace was museumified and as a Museum of Noble Life existed until 1931. Its funds were based on the private collection of the Sheremetevs, which had been formed over 200 years, and was a complex complex of various layers. The collection, universal in character and diverse in objects, included a picturesque art gallery, a collection of sculptures, weapons, numismatics, objects of arts and crafts (including collections of bronze, porcelain, silver, furniture), a library (music and book collection, handwritten materials, postcards), a collection of church utensils and icons (from the house church of the Fountain House), etc. Later and until 1984, the Sheremetev Palace was adapted to the needs of a research institution. The interiors of the palace were destroyed, and the collections were transferred to the leading museums of Leningrad and Moscow, with the exception of individual interior decoration items that remained in the building. In 1989, the Sheremetev Palace was transferred to the Museum of Theater and musical art for the creation of the Museum of Music of St. Petersburg and the placement of the state collection musical instruments, which also has the status of a branch of the Museum of Theater and Musical Art. Since the late 1980s, restoration work began in the Sheremetev Palace, connected with the reconstruction of the ceremonial and memorial interiors of the 19th century.

The exposition of the palace is organized in three directions: a) the history of the Sheremetev family and the life of the nobility in the 18th - 20th centuries. b) open funds unique collection musical instruments; c) exhibition of private collections. The museum operates permanent exhibition"Sheremetevs and music life Petersburg in the 18th - early 20th centuries", opened in 1995 and carried out jointly with State Hermitage, State Russian Museum, Russian national library, Pushkin House, State Tretyakov Gallery, the Ostankino Palace Museum, the Museum of Russian Porcelain Kuskovo, the owners of private collections. In the four halls of the Sheremetev Palace, in continuation of the traditions of the Museum of Nobility, the interiors of the house of V.V. a gift, more than 700 items, Sheremetev Palace received from his wife A.M. Sarayeva-Bondar).

The Music Museum displays a collection of musical instruments, numbering more than three thousand exhibits. Here you can see and hear Russian bells, copies of ancient instruments made in the 19th century on the basis of originals found during excavations of ancient Etruria. Baroque whimsical forms of European instruments of the 17th-18th centuries - ancient harps, viols, harpsichords - are unusually in tune with the style of the palace, the openwork patterns of the cast-iron fence, and the stucco decorations of the interiors. The famous collection in the old frame of baroque architecture is perceived as one of the new pages of the musical and historical chronicle of the Fountain House, which stores the names of famous artists of the past, famous historians, painters, architects.

The palace has become a popular venue for concerts.

In addition to temporary exhibitions, the Museum has a permanent exposition called "Heritage Restored", which reflects the last foreign period in the life of the Russian composer, teacher, conductor Alexander Glazunov. The preservation of the heritage and its transfer to St. Petersburg is the merit of the adopted daughter of the composer Elena Alexandrovna Glazunova-Gunther. During the life of her father, she gave many concerts as a pianist, and Glazunov's music was constantly in her repertoire. After the death of her father, she founded the Glazunov Foundation. In 2003, the Foundation and its head Nikolai Vorontsov, with the assistance of the Ministry of Culture Russian Federation returned the legacy of the composer to Russia. Glazunov's archive, which includes books, letters, musical autographs and editions of the composer's works, was transferred for permanent storage to the St. Petersburg Museum of Theater and Musical Art.

The exposition recreates the atmosphere of the Parisian apartment where Glazunov spent his last years. Here are presented: furniture, photographs, documents of the Glazunov family; desk, Bechshtein grand piano, conductor's baton, personal belongings, notes and autographs of the composer, his death mask

In the XVIII century, the southern border of the city passed along the Fontanka, for the improvement of the outskirts of the new capital, Peter I complained land on the banks of the Fontanka to his close associates.

In 1712, the site on which the palace is located was granted to Field Marshal B.P. Sheremetev, married to a relative of the sovereign A.P. Naryshkina.
The Sheremetev site occupied a vast territory. Starting from the very banks, it reached the line of the current Liteiny Prospekt. Initially, a large wooden house with services was built here, and in the middle of the 18th century it was replaced by an even larger stone building.

Construction began in the 1740s under the guidance of the architect G.D. Dmitriev, then it was headed by S.I. Chevakinsky. The decoration of the Sheremetev Palace was carried out by the fortress architect F.S. Argunov at the turn of the 50-60s of the 18th century.

After the death of his wife and daughter, Count Pyotr Borisovich (son of B.P. Sheremetev) moved to Moscow in 1768, but the estate continued to be rebuilt even during the absence of the owners.

two-storey palace, built in the style of lush and elegant Baroque, has a rather modest appearance. The building stands in the depths of the front courtyard, open towards the river. The center of the main façade is highlighted by pilasters and a mezzanine, completed with a bow pediment.

In the field of the pediment there is a cartouche with the coat of arms of the Sheremetevs. The side wings of the building are completed with barely outlined risalits, which are also decorated with pilasters and crowned with triangular pediments.

After the death of Pyotr Borisovich, the estate passed to his son Nikolai, who from the late 1790s began to live regularly in St. Petersburg. Under him, the interiors of the palace were redesigned according to the project of the architect I.E. Starov. Later, the interiors of the palace were changed by the architects D. Quarenghi and A. I. Voronikhin.

New buildings were built on the territory of the estate and the outbuildings were rebuilt. The Sheremetevs had their own theater and orchestra here, in which the performers were the most talented people from the fortresses.

Associated with this palace romantic story the marriage of Nikolai Petrovich Sheremetev in 1801 to the serf actress of his theater Praskovya Ivanovna Kovaleva, whose theatrical name was Parasha Zhemchugova. She died shortly after the birth of her son Dmitry, heartbroken Nikolai outlived his wife by only six years. Dmitry Nikolaevich became the next owner of the estate.

In the 1810s, the Office Wing and the Hospital Wing (from the side of Liteiny Pr.) and the Fountain Wing overlooking the river were built on the estate. The construction was carried out according to the project of the architect H. Meyer. The last major reconstructions in the palace were carried out in early XIX century, when, according to the project of the architect N.L. Benois, a small outbuilding was attached to the mansion.

During its existence, the territory of the estate has significantly decreased; in the second half of the 19th century, tenement houses were built on the side of Liteiny Prospekt.
The architect I.D. Korsini, who worked in the palace in 1837-1840, designed the existing cast-iron fence of the garden with the gilded coat of arms of the Sheremetevs over the gate, the fence picked up the estate from the Fontanka embankment.
Many pages of the history of Russian culture are connected with the history of the palace. It was here that in 1827 the artist O.A. Kiprensky wrote famous portrait A.S. Pushkin.

In the 70s of the XIX century in the Fountain House, where a huge family archive was collected, under the auspices of Count S.D. historical societies, including the Society of Amateurs ancient writing, Russian Genealogical Society, etc.
After the revolution of 1917, the last owner of the estate, Count Sergei Sheremetev, was forced to transfer the house to the new authorities.

Throughout the 20th century, various state institutions: Museum of noble life, Research Institute of the Arctic and Antarctic.

The interiors of the palace were destroyed, and in the wing, built according to the project of Benois, there were residential apartments. A.A. Akhmatova lived in one of them from 1924 to 1952. By the centenary of the poetess in 1989, her museum was opened here.

FROM light hand Akhmatova Sheremetev Palace got its second name "Fountain House", as she called it in her poems.

On March 5, 2006, a monument to A.A. Akhmatova was unveiled near the palace on the fortieth anniversary of the death of the poetess.

The monument is a gift from the director of the museum " Saint Isaac's Cathedral"H.Nagorsky, is a piece of the wall with the image of Akhmatova.

The inscription, engraved in mirror image, contains lines from her poem "My shadow on thy walls". The author of the memorial sign is the famous St. Petersburg sculptor V. Bukhaev.

At the end of the 20th century, the palace building was transferred to the Museum of Theater and Musical Art. The halls of the palace began to be restored. So, after the restoration, the White Palace was opened in the palace. concert hall where concerts are held classical music.

The ceremonial interiors, opened after a lengthy restoration, showcase items from the Sheremetyevs' collections - arts and crafts and art XVII-XX centuries, as well as private collections that entered the museum in the 1990s.

The St. Petersburg collection of musical instruments (3,000 exhibits) is located in the Sheremetyev Palace.

It includes instruments of the largest masters and performers, as well as historical rarities. Among them are Russian musical bells, as well as ancient harps, viols and harpsichords created in Europe in the 17th-18th centuries.

The collection also includes a picturesque art gallery, a collection of sculptures, weapons, numismatics, collections of bronze, porcelain, silver, furniture, a library (music and book collection, handwritten materials, postcards), a collection of church utensils and icons.

The Fountain House also hosts temporary art exhibitions, concerts, as well as lectures on various topics.

Author of the article: Parshina Elena Aleksandrovna. Literature used: Lisovsky V.G. Architecture of St. Petersburg, Three centuries of history. Slavia., St. Petersburg, 2004 Bunatyan G.G. ,Chareaya M.G.Walks along the rivers and canals of St. Petersburg. Guidebook Paritet. St. Petersburg, 2007

© E. A. Parshina, 2009

Petersburg was founded in 1703 by Peter. In just nine years, it becomes the capital of the state. Main city The country, with the direct participation of its patron, begins to actively settle and improve. One of the first to move was a relative of the tsar, Count Field Marshal Boris Petrovich Sheremetyev. He was allocated plot No. 34 along the Fontanka embankment for the construction of the estate.

The first stone buildings in the estate

On the one hand, the plot was limited on the other by Liteiny Prospekt. During the construction of the family estate, the count and his family were located on Millionnaya Street. Over time, a wooden house and outbuildings appeared on the site. The new estate was destined to become the family nest of the Sheremetevs. On the site of a wooden house in the 1730s, a one-story stone palace was erected. In 1750-1755, the second floor of the building was built on, which was designed by S. I. Chevakinsky and F. S. Argunov.

Manor under Peter Borisovich

The descendant of Boris Petrovich who owned the estate, in connection with the sudden death of his wife and daughter in 1768, decides to move to Moscow. While there, he begins the development of the estate. It was inherited from his wife. Subsequently, already under his son, the Sheremetevsky Palace in Ostankino was completely completed. It, like the Northern one, is one of the family estates and, in the absence of the owner, is repeatedly rented out and continues to be rebuilt.

The heyday of theatrical art in the estate

The next owner of the estate in St. Petersburg is the son of Peter Borisovich Nikolai. At first, the new owner preferred to live in Moscow, rarely visiting his Northern estate. However, already in 1796 he moved to St. Petersburg. Under the leadership of the architect I. E. Starov, a significant renovation of the interior of the house on the Fontanka begins. Nikolai Petrovich was a big fan of theatrics. He organized a theater in the palace, the actors of which were serfs. He even gave freedom and in 1801 married one of his actresses, Kovaleva Praskovya Ivanovna. During his tenure, the estate was rebuilt by Quarenghi and Voronikhin. On the territory of the estate, under them, the Summer House, as well as the Carriage Sheds, appeared.

"Live at the expense of Sheremetyevo"

After the death of Nikolai Petrovich in 1809, the estate passes to his son Dmitry, who at that time was only six years old. A board of trustees headed by the chief trustee M. I. Donaurov is being created. Active restructuring continues: in the 1810s and 1820s, the Stationery, Fountain, Hospital and Pevchesky outbuildings appeared. The authors of the projects are H. Meyer and D. Kvardi. Under Dmitry Nikolayevich, who served in the Cavalier Guard Regiment, the owner's colleagues become regular visitors to the palace, and the expression "live at Sheremetyevsky's expense" arises. The artist Kiprensky and Pushkin also often visit here. In 1837, the count tied the knot with the maid of honor of the Empress Anna Sergeevna. From this marriage in 1844, a son, Sergei, was born. In 1838, a cast-iron fence with a gate appeared on the estate, decorated with the coat of arms of the Sheremetevs. The architect I. D. Korsini, who worked in the estate for twenty years, radically rebuilt all the palace premises. In the 1840s, a garden wing appeared on its territory. The estate itself becomes one of the most visited places in the capital. Here are held musical evenings who adorn Glinka, Berlioz, Liszt, Schubert with their performances. The first wife of Dmitry Nikolaevich dies of poisoning in 1849. Ten years later, in 1859, he marries a second time. Son Alexander is born. In 1867, the Northern Wing was added to the Sheremetyev Palace. The author of the project is N. L. Benois.

Sergei Dmitrievich and his view of the estate

In 1871, Count Dmitry Nikolayevich dies. As a result of the division of property, the Sheremetyevo Palace was inherited by Sergei Dmitrievich. In 1874, new five-story buildings appeared on the estate (architect A.K. Serebryakov). Profitable houses are being erected from the side of Liteiny Prospekt, the front part on Fontanka - 34 is left unchanged. The beginning of the twentieth century passes under the sign of destruction. The Grotto, the Hermitage, the Garden Gate, the Greenhouse, the Chinese arbor are being destroyed. Arenas and Stables are being rebuilt into Theater Hall- now it Theatre of Drama at Liteiny. Two-storey buildings appeared in 1914 (architect M. V. Krasovsky).

Estate after the revolution

In the post-revolutionary period, the Sheremetyev Palace was transferred by Sergei Dmitrievich to the disposal of the new government. A. A. Akhmatova lived in one of its outbuildings from mid-1924 until 1952. The main parts of the building have been redone. Until 1931, there was a museum here. In 1984, the Sheremetyevo Palace received the Research Institute for the Arctic and Antarctic. As a result of improper use and care, the interiors of the halls have lost their former grandeur and beauty, and some of the outbuildings have become residential apartments. At the end of the 20th century, the attitude towards the estate gradually began to change. Sheremetyevo Palace has undergone restoration. The main purpose of this event was to recreate the atmosphere of the XVIII century. The first exhibition at the Sheremetyev Palace was presented by exhibits belonging to the family of the owners of the estate. Among them are completely unique samples. Here are collections of paintings and art objects, musical instruments. The house at Fontanka 34 traditionally hosts concerts and art exhibitions. Since 1989, the Literary and Memorial Museum of A. A. Akhmatova has been operating. It recreated the working room of the poetess. Her books, photographs and personal belongings are presented to the general public. In 2006, a monument to A. A. Akhmatova appeared on the site near the Sheremetyev Palace. Its opening was timed to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of the death of the poetess.

What does the Sheremetyev Palace offer guests?

The Museum of Music, located in the building of the estate, has a huge collection of ancient instruments in its storerooms. It is considered to be one of the best in the world. The collection includes unique instruments created by Russian and European masters in the 16th - 18th centuries, belonging to the royal Romanov dynasty, as well as unique samples from all over the world, which have no analogues. Also in the museum are Russian bells and recreated copies of various antique instruments. You can visit the museum as part of the daily tours taking place there. The topics are very varied. For example, as part of the tour "Counts Sheremetyevs" you can learn a lot about the creators of the estate, their life and fate. There are other programs as well. For example, "Fountain House. Palace and Manor". This tour is dedicated architectural monument-estate and its creation. Within its framework, you can learn many fascinating details from the life of the palace, for example, one of the legends that the drawings of F. B. Rastrelli were used when designing the house. But still, most of the excursions taking place in the Sheremetyev Palace are devoted to music: "Evolution keyboard instruments", "wind instruments- folk and professional", "Outstanding names in the collection of musical instruments" and others.

Homestead today

The Sheremetiev Palace was the pride of five generations of its owners, their family nest. For several centuries, each of the owners preserved and increased the property of the family. art objects, picture gallery, antique sculptures, numismatic and weapons collections, a rich library - this is not a complete list of what the owners of the estate owned until 1917. The Sheremetyevo Palace, the photo of which is presented above, has been a meeting place for the intelligentsia for several centuries. Today it has not lost its former greatness and continues to attract millions of people.

The Fountain House is one of the most interesting sights of St. Petersburg, almost the same age as the city. The name "Fountain House" dates back to the 18th century. was assigned to the estate of the Counts Sheremetevs, built on a vast plot between the Fontanka River embankment and Liteiny Prospekt.

S. I. Chevakinsky became the architect of the main manor house. It is possible that the drawings of F.-B. Rastrelli. Eminent architects participated in the creation of the interiors of the palace and manor buildings for several centuries. different eras: F. S. Argunov, I. D. Starov, A. N. Voronikhin, D. Quarenghi, H. Meyer, D. Quadri, I. D. Corsini, N. L. Benois, A. K. Serebryakov and others .

Under the Sheremetevs, the Fountain House was one of the high-society centers of St. Petersburg, a meeting place outstanding musicians, workers of culture and science. The Sheremetev choir chapel, created to accompany worship services in the house church of the Fountain House, was well known not only in Russia, but also in Europe. The palace was practically a museum of the history of the Sheremetev family, who for many centuries played important role in the Russian state.

Since 1990, the Sheremetev Palace has been one of the branches of the St. state museum theatrical and musical arts. Within the walls of the palace, the Museum of Music is being created, which is based on the largest collection of musical instruments in Russia from around the world. In the halls of the Sheremetev Palace you can see items from the Sheremetev collections, as well as works of painting and arts and crafts of the 18th-19th centuries, which came to the museum over the last quarter of a century.

Working mode:

Exposition "Enfilade of the ceremonial halls of the palace" (2nd floor):

• Thursday-Monday: from 11:00 to 19:00 $
• Wednesday from 13:00 to 21:00.
• Closed: Tuesday and last Wednesday of the month

• Wednesday - Sunday:
• from 13:00-21:00:; Thursday to Sunday:
• from 11:00 to 19:00. Days off: Monday, Tuesday

Ticket price:

Exposition "Enfilade of ceremonial halls of the palace" (2nd floor):

adult - 300 rubles, students and schoolchildren - 100 rubles, pensioners - 150 rubles, children under 7 years old - free of charge, preferential categories citizens - 70 rubles.

Exposition of musical instruments "Open Funds" (1st floor):

adult - 250 rubles, students and schoolchildren - 100 rubles, pensioners - 150 rubles, children under 7 years old - free of charge, preferential categories of citizens - 70 rubles.

Visiting the second exposition (on the same day) - 70 rubles.

Is free:

• for visitors under 18 the third Thursday of each month
• visitors with a St. Petersburg Guest Card, during the validity period of the card.

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The Fountain House is one of the most interesting sights of St. Petersburg, it is almost the same age as the city.

Since the 18th century, the name “Fountain House” has been attached to the estate of the Sheremetevs, built on a vast area between the Fontanka River embankment and Liteiny Prospekt.

In the summer of 1712, Field Marshal Count Boris Petrovich Sheremetev, a well-known commander and associate of Peter I, received from the City Chancellery, which was in charge of the development of the new Russian capital, "given" to a plot on the border of the city to create a country estate.

This idea was implemented by the son of Field Marshal Count Pyotr Borisovich Sheremetev, who in the middle of the 18th century ordered the construction of the current main manor house with services and garden. The architect of the building was S. I. Chevakinsky. This palace and park ensemble served as the metropolitan residence of the descendants of Count Peter Borisovich - the son of Count Nikolai Petrovich, the grandson of Count Dmitry Nikolaevich, the great-grandson of Count Sergei Dmitrievich.

Under the Sheremetevs, the Fountain House was not only one of the high-society centers of St. Petersburg, but also a meeting place for outstanding musicians, cultural figures and scientists. The Sheremetev choir chapel, created to accompany worship services in the house church of the Fountain House, was well known not only in Russia, but also in Europe. By the beginning of the 20th century, there were many unique relics here: a family archive, a library, collections of works of art, memorable gifts received by the Sheremetevs from Russian tsars and foreign monarchs. The palace was practically a museum of the history of the Sheremetev family, which for many centuries played an important role in the Russian state.

On July 18, 1918 the estate was nationalized. Thanks to the efforts of people authoritative for the new government, who understand the value of the collections of the Fountain House, primarily Academician S. F. Platonov, director of the Archaeological Institute, it was possible to achieve for some time a reasonable decision on the further use of the manor house (Sheremetev Palace). The People's Commissariat for Education (Narkompros), taking into account the special historical and artistic value of the estate and the merits of members of the Sheremetev family to domestic science and culture, decided to create a Life Museum in the palace, which worked here from 1919 to 1929.

In passing, we note that in the first years after the revolution, similar museums were opened in several more palaces of Petrograd - in the palace of the Counts Stroganovs on Nevsky Prospekt, the Counts Shuvalovs on the Fontanka embankment, the princes Yusupovs on the Moika embankment; The Palace of Counts Bobrinsky on Red (Galernaya) Street was also taken under guard.

The Museum of Life preserved the entire historical, artistic and household collection of the Sheremetevs as an illustration of the life of the strata of the population who left the historical arena. At the end of 1929, the country's government decided to finance the Museum of Life from the local budget, and the Leningrad authorities considered the existence of an ideologically "inappropriate" museum to be unnecessary. More than 160,000 items have been distributed to various museums and institutions, and some have been sold abroad or domestically through thrift stores.

From 1935 to 1941, the House of entertaining science under the auspices of the Leningrad Regional Department public education. It was an educational project proposed and implemented by a group of Leningrad intellectuals who were passionate about the idea of ​​widely popularizing natural science knowledge among the population, especially among the younger generation.

From the late 1930s to 1988, the Arctic Institute (Research Institute of the Arctic and Antarctic) worked within the walls of the palace, whose scientists solved many important national economic problems, but cultural life The city's palace was excluded; many of its interiors suffered during rebuilding and repairs.

Since 1990, the Sheremetev Palace has been one of the branches of the St. Petersburg State Museum of Theater and Musical Art. Restoration work is being actively carried out here, several permanent exhibitions, temporary exhibitions are organized, and intensive concert activity is conducted. The Museum of Music is being created within the walls of the palace, one of the pages of which is musical history at home. Today, in the halls of the Sheremetev Palace, you can see items from the Sheremetev collections, as well as works of painting and arts and crafts of the 18th-19th centuries, which came to the museum over the last quarter of a century. One of the best collections of musical instruments in the world is presented in the restored front halls and former living quarters, which includes such rarities as instruments that belonged to the Emperors Alexander I, Alexander III, Nicholas II; horn orchestra instruments; a collection of baroque violas; glass harmonicas; nominal instruments belonging to M. I. Glinka, A. G. Rubinshtein, A. S. Dargomyzhsky, A. K. Glazunov and others.