Daily Life In The Yusupov Palace: Secrets Of An Ancient Manor By N. Zaitseva
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In ancient palaces, time seems to stop, bringing to us the story of another life. We can easily imagine how representatives of the high society of St. Petersburg, members of the imperial family, ascended the main staircase at balls and social events, sparkling with diamonds and orders, And at this time on the back stairs and in the cellars, kitchens and glaciers, life was in full swing, something was prepared and grown. that as a matter of course appeared on tables and in halls. And if... receptions and balls, secular etiquette and fashionable dresses of ladies remained in classic novels, memoirs, paintings and magazines, then that inconspicuous, everyday life of the estate has sunk into the past. And how I would like to talk today about what contemporaries simply did not notice, what seemed so ordinary and uninteresting to them, namely: about the casual life of the palace, or more precisely, the Yusupovs' city estate on the Moika. After all, the palace is only a part of the estate, which occupies the space from the Moika River to Officer Street, an enclosed space, well guarded, once living according to its own laws. Let us return to the century before last, to St. Petersburg, to the Moika embankment, slip past the formidable doorman in a cocked hat and sling the most hidden corners of the noble estate.
