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'''Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange''' located in [[Saint Petersburg]] in the [[Russian Federation]], is the main building in architecture comples of [[Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange and Rostral Columns|the Spit of Vasilyevsky Island]]. Building is significant example of [[Greek Revival architecture]]. Designed by French architect [[Thomas de Thomon]], and inspired by the [[Temple of Neptune, Paestum|Greek Temple of Hera]] at [[Paestum]], the stock exchange was constructed between 1805 and 1810. The Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange is located at Birzhevaya Ploschad 4. |
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== History == |
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The Old Stock Exchange is sited to fill the majestic sweep of the Spit (in Russian ''[[Strelka]]'') of [[Vasilievsky Island]], just opposite the [[Winter Palace]]. Thomon's design called for a [[peristyle]] of forty four [[Doric order|Doric]] columns resting upon a massive [[stylobate]] of red granite and supporting an [[entablature]] of [[triglyph]]s and slotted [[Metope (architecture)|metopes]]. A monumental sculptural group similar in form to a [[quadriga]] featuring [[Neptune]], and symbolizing maritime commerce, is mounted above the portico. Both inside and outside the Bourse, a motif of the semicircle is recurrent. The interior features a large colonnaded trading hall, now divided into eight exhibition halls. The central rooms are illuminated by an oblong skylight. The surrounding ceiling features double-sunk [[coffer]]s. |
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== Use as the [[Central Naval Museum]] == |
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[[File:Вход в центральный военно-морской музей.jpg|thumb|left|Entrance to Museum]] |
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The Central Naval Museum traces its founding to [[Peter the Great|Peter the Great's]] creation of his "Model Chamber" in [[1709]] – a collection of models of ships in the [[Russian Navy]]. In 1805 the collection was augmented and renamed the Russian Naval Museum. Following the [[Russian Revolution (1917)|Russian Revolution]], and the establishment of a Communist economic system, the building ceased to function as a stock exchange. During this period the collection received many pieces confiscated from private collections. In [[1939]] the Old Stock Exchange was assigned to house the growing collection renamed the Central Naval Museum. |
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Today the collection has over 8,000 items including a ship belonging to Peter the Great in which he learned to sail while a teenager. The collection includes several ancient ships, model ships, submarines, engravings, uniforms and photographs documenting the Russian Navy from the time of the [[Russian Empire]], the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|U.S.S.R.]], and Russian Federation. |
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== External links== |
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* Бунин М. С. ''Стрелка Васильевского острова: История формирования архитектурного ансамбля.'' М.; Л., 1958. |
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* Канн П. Я. ''Стрелка Васильевского острова.'' Л., 1973. |
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Saint Petersburg]] |
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[[Category:Museums in Saint Petersburg]] |
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[[Category:Greek Revival buildings]] |
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[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1810]] |
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[[Category:Maritime museums]] |
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[[ru:Здание Биржи]] |
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