Culture Park "Tsaritsyno" in the city of Moscow

The State Historical-Architectural, Artistic and Landscape Museum-Reserve "Tsaritsyno" is located in the south of Moscow and includes a palace ensemble, greenhouses, a historical landscape park with ponds and pavilions, as well as new park areas with flower beds and a light and musical fountain. The entire territory of the museum-reserve covers 405 hectares.

In the central part of the park there is a palace complex of the late XVIII century, which was built as a suburban residence of Empress Catherine II. Its construction began in 1775 under the project of architect V. I. Bazhenov. The compositional center of the complex is the Grand Palace, built according to the project of architect M. F. Kazakov. After the death of Catherine II, all work in Tsaritsyn was stopped.

In 1984, the Museum of Decorative and Applied Art of the Peoples of the USSR was founded and the gradual restoration of the architectural ensemble began. In 1992, the museum was transformed into the Historical and Architectural Art and Landscape Museum-Reserve "Tsaritsyno".