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In May 1918, the cathedral was officially closed for worship. It is now used as an exhibition hall of the
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in the eastern wing of the Winter Palace, and is the larger, and principal, of two churches within the palace. A smaller, more private church was constructed in 1768, near the private apartment in the northwest part of the wing. The Grand Church was designed by
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when he was commissioned to rebuild the palace following the disastrous fire that destroyed most of the original palace interiors in 1837. However, the new intricate decoration was mostly made of moulded
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The Grand Church was one of the final parts of the palace to be completed. When the palace was first inhabited on 6 April 1762, the cathedral was not yet completed, so a temporary Church of the
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the standard lamps and pieces of the iconostasis, the pulpit, the lantern and the altar canopy were returned to their original place".
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Among those also depicted in this portrait, against the wall and to the right of the window, from left to right:
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