Andreev's and Aleksandrovsk halls (Moscow)

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Andreev's (throne) and Aleksandrovsk halls - most luxurious on the finishing halls of large Kremlin palace. They strike with their decoration: by the abundance of gilding, by complex and rich design in the style “historical method”, by the figure of the parquet, in which it is used to 30 species of tree, by enormous chandeliers and by high (to 17 meters) ceilings.
The halls of palace were dismantled, deprived of decor and of emperor symbolism in the end 1920- X of years and they were united into the united chamber of the presidium of VTscIk (All-russian Central Executive Committee (1917-1936)) (since 1937 - the Supreme Soviet of the USSR).
With the recreation of these halls in 1994-98 years dealt firm “[Mabiteks]” hearth [patronazhem] of Yeltsin's administration.
In the Andreev's hall are established the throne places of Nikolai FOR THE II, empress Maria [Fedorovny] and empress Alexander [Fedorovny], made according to drawings from the British archives.