Annenhof was the name of two separate Imperial palaces in

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in Russia, known as the Annenhof Winter Palace and Annenhof Summer Palace, both of them designed by

Bartolomeo Rastrelli Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (russian: Франче́ско Бартоломе́о (Варфоломе́й Варфоломе́евич) Растре́лли; 1700 in Paris, Kingdom of France – 29 April 1771 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Emp ...

and built in 1730-1731 on the order of Empress

Anna of Russia Anna Ioannovna (russian: Анна Иоанновна; ), also russified as Anna Ivanovna and sometimes anglicized as Anne, served as regent of the duchy of Courland from 1711 until 1730 and then ruled as Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740. Much ...

.Евангулова О. С. Московская архитектура и ее создатели (первая половина XVIII века). — Москва: Прогресс-Традиция, 2014. — . They served as the residence of Anna and her court, as Anna preferred Moscow to Saint Petersburg.

Annenhof Winter Palace

The Annenhof Winter Palace was constructed in the city of Moscow not long from the Kreml. It was a one-storey wooden building. It had a central building with very large rooms, among them a throne room, and two wings. This was Anna's preferred winter residence. In 1736, the Annenhof Winter Palace was moved to Lefortovo outside of Moscow and placed beside the Annenhof Summer Palace, essentially forming one palace. The palace burnt down in 1753, which is described in the memoirs of Catherine the Great. It was rebuilt in just six weeks. The palace burnt down for the last time in 1771 and was not rebuilt again. The Annenhof Summer Palace beside it had then already been torn down.

Annenhof Summer Palace

The Annenhof Summer Palace was constructed at Lefortovo outside of Moscow. In 1730,

Empress Anna Anna Ioannovna (russian: Анна Иоанновна; ), also russified as Anna Ivanovna and sometimes anglicized as Anne, served as regent of the duchy of Courland from 1711 until 1730 and then ruled as Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740. Much ...

commissioned

Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (russian: Франче́ско Бартоломе́о (Варфоломе́й Варфоломе́евич) Растре́лли; 1700 in Paris, Kingdom of France – 29 April 1771 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Emp ...

construct a Baroque residence known as Annenhof. It was is also known as the Golovin Palace, after the previous owner of the site on which it was built, Count Fyodor Golovin, the first Chancellor of the

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. It was a two-storey wooden building. This was Anna's preferred summer residence. It burnt down in 1740, but was rebuilt in 1741. Empress Elizabeth held a grand banquet here after her coronation in 1742. Catherine II, who found it rather old-fashioned and dilapidated, ordered its demolition in the 1760s and replaced it with the Catherine Palace (Moscow).

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