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[[Image:NavyMuseum.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Portico of the Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange (''Bourse'') showing the sculpture of Neptune]] |
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'''Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange''' located in [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]] is the main building in the architectural complex of [[Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange and Rostral Columns|The Spit of Vasilyevsky Island]]. The building, which is situated at Birzhevaya Ploschad 4, is a significant example of the [[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. It was built for the St. Petersburg Stock Exchange, but was subsequently used for a different purpose. As of 2011 the building houses the exposition of the Central Naval Museum. |
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== History == |
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In 1767 the Committee of City Building made a decision to develop a vacant space on the spit of Vasilevsky Island and approved the plan. |
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The Old Stock Exchange was initially built by edict of Peter the Great for Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange, which he founded inspired by stock exchange in [[Amsterdam]]. Later the building. In the six years from 1783 to 1789 on the shores of the Great Neva there were built the main building of the Academy of Sciences and the concave portion of the northern warehouse (1795–1797). Thus was built the building on the left and right of the location of future Stock Exchange building. |
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== Description == |
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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:Greek Revival buildings]] |
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[[Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1810]] |
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[[Category:Maritime museums in Saint Petersburg]] |
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