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Imperial Palace in Helsinki (now the Presidential Palace)
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Imperial Palace in Helsinki (now the Presidential Palace)

Императорский дворец в Гельсингфорсе (Президентский дворец в Хельсинки)
FinlandХельсинки1837–1845Public buildingsNeoclassicism
The town house of merchant J. H. Heidenstrauch (1816–1820, architect Pehr Granstedt) was purchased in 1837 for 170,000 roubles and, at the wish of Nicholas I, became the Helsinki residence of the Russian emperor as Grand Duke of Finland. The 1843–1845 rebuilding was directed by Carl Ludvig Engel; in 1863 Alexander II opened the Finnish Diet in the palace's throne room. Helsinki was part of the Russian Empire until 1917; afterwards the building passed to Finland and has been the presidential residence since 1919.
Особняк купца Й. Х. Гейденштрауха (1816–1820, архитектор Пер Гранстедт) был в 1837 году выкуплен казной за 170 тысяч рублей и по желанию Николая I стал резиденцией российского императора как великого князя Финляндского. Перестройкой 1843–1845 годов руководил Карл Людвиг Энгель; в 1863 году в тронном зале дворца Александр II открыл финляндский сейм. Хельсинки до 1917 года входил в состав Российской империи; после 1917 года здание перешло к Финляндии и с 1919 года служит резиденцией президента.

Property abroad

EraRussian Empire
FunctionPalace, residence
Present ownerRepublic of Finland (Office of the President)
Acquisitionpurchased, 1837
StatusSold, transferred or lost
As of2019-09
After 1917 the palace became the property of Finland; according to Helsingin Sanomat (September 2019), the building serves as the Presidential Palace.

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