Museums of Russia: The first show after the restoration of the Church Corps of the Great Menshikov Palace is held in Oranienbaum

June 15, 2017 the State Museum-Reserve "Peterhof" in the palace and park ensemble "Oranienbaum" (the Leningrad region) holds the first show of the Church Corps of the Great Menshikov Palace, which for the first time since the end of the XIX century was a complex restoration of the interiors.

Oranienbaum court church, occupying the western tower of the Great Menshikov Palace pavilion, was built by the first owner of Oranienbaum by Prince A. D. ​​Menshikov and consecrated on September 3, 1727. During the long history of the Oranienbaum residence, the interior of the Church Pavilion changed several times.

The complex restoration of the Church Pavilion, including the unique reconstruction of the carved iconostasis, began in the 2000s. At present, the interior of the church is returned to its historical appearance of the late XIX century. Since 2015, large-scale works are continuing to recreate the picturesque decoration of the church. By October 2016, 13 reconstructed pictorial images of the iconostasis, including the altarpiece, were placed on their historical sites. In June 2017, the reconstruction of 8 wall images of the first tier of the interior of the temple was completed. In the future it is planned to completely recreate the lost picturesque decoration of the interior of the Church Pavilion of 39 wall paintings.