Alexander Palace
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The Alexander Palace is a former imperial residence near the town of Tsarskoye Selo in Russia, on a plateau about 30 miles south of Saint Petersburg. The palace was commissioned by Catherine the Great
Alexander Palace in Tsarskoye Selo
Empress/Tsarina Catherine II (Catherine the Great) of Russia by artist Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder
Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich, by Vladimir Borovikovsky (1800)
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Alexeievna by Vigée Le Brun (1795)
Emperor of Russia
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The emperor and autocrat of all Russia was the official title of the Russian monarch from 1721 to 1917.
Last to reign Nicholas II 1 November 1894 – 15 March 1917
Regalia of the Emperor
Peter I by Kneller
Catherine I of Russia