Jordan stairs in the Hermitage. Hermitage: the main staircase of the Winter Palace

Her majesty the scope -
Total dizziness;
She gets the first one: "Ah!"
And the first exclamation of admiration.

Carrara marble, mirrors,
Baroque line gilding,
Sunset burning down -
Everything breathes light, like someone

There, on the "Olympus", where the union
Pagan gods and muses,
He lit the Fire ... And by this He
Broke the law of physics.

Here since Nikolaev times
The guests of the palace were met by a retinue
Built-in columns in pairs
From Serdobol granite;

Winged host of caryatids:
"Power", "Mercy", "Justice" --
Another flight, unearthly view,
Another reality weapon.

This is where the procession began.
Monarch with family and all people
With the Metropolitan at the head
We went to the Jordan on the Neva,

And all classes of all stripes
They carried a prayer to the Holy Water...
Here the Russian Tsar met guests,
From here - accompanied to the battle;

Here everything was done: carnival,
And a memorial service, and an oath;
And each service began
With an unforgettable step

Up this staircase... She
Created by Rastrelli himself!
According to her, the ambassadors of other powers
They walked, pressing letters to their hearts;
Field marshals and kings... And even Pushkin and Natalie!

Reviews

The reader is stingy with kind words
where they really fit,
But from the poems of a fellow poetess,
I was amazed at first.
Everything gradually fell into place,
The museum world is a source of inspiration,
And we write our poems
With an open soul, from a clean slate...

Marina, I am glad for our second acquaintance, I liked everything very much, I will definitely get acquainted with new poems. Do not judge strictly my simple poetry, I know little, but I feel keenly))) See you soon, with warmth, Lena

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The Hermitage Embassy staircase is the main front staircase of the Winter Palace. On it, the ambassadors of foreign states went up to the palace. The name "Jordanian" staircase was due to the fact that the royal family on the feast of the Epiphany descended along it to the Jordan - a special hole in the frozen Neva, where the ceremony took place.
The staircase was made by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli in the Baroque style. The main staircase was restored after a fire in 1837 by V.P. Stasov, who retained in general terms the idea of ​​F.B. Rastrelli.

2 White marble sculptures and balustrades, gray marble columns, luxurious gilding of plaster moldings - everything is admirable. Let's walk through it, shall we?

3 The white marble staircase forks in different directions: to the right and to the left, diverges into two wide solemn marches, which rejoin at the upper platform. It occupies the entire height of the building (height 22 meters). A wide staircase with comfortable low steps - it is good to climb them in chic ball gowns

4 During the restoration of the stairs after the fire, Stasov replaced the gilded carved balusters with a heavy marble balustrade. Balusters made of Carrara marble by sculptors F. Triscorni and E. Moderni

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6 The walls are decorated with decorative sculptures from the era of Ancient Rome. Atlant

7 Caryatid

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9 Sculptures "Justice" and "Mercy"

10 At the top of the stairs - monolithic columns made of gray (Serdobol) granite - St. Petersburg stone. Ten monolithic Corinthian columns decorate and support the vaults of the staircase.

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13 In the central niche there is a statue of the "Vladychitsa", brought from the Taurida Palace

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16 The central ceiling of the staircase has an area of ​​about 200 square meters. It depicts the pictorial composition "Olympus" by the Italian artist of the 18th century Gasparo Diziani, which rests on the padugas, decorated with figurative and ornamental paintings in the "grisaille" style. Having chosen an 18th-century plafond with the image of Olympus in the pantries of the Hermitage, Stasov included it in the composition of the ceiling, and since the new plafond turned out to be somewhat smaller than the old one, the remaining space, the artist A.I. Solovyov painted according to Stasov's sketches

17 In 1898-1901, electric lighting fixtures in the form of chandeliers and sconces made of non-ferrous metal, gilded in a galvanic way, were used to illuminate the stairs.

18 They were made in neo-baroque style under the guidance of architect L.N. Benois according to the drawing of the artist V. Emme at the St. Petersburg factory of A. Moran

The Hermitage Embassy staircase is the main front staircase of the Winter Palace. On it, the ambassadors of foreign states went up to the palace. The name "Jordanian" staircase was due to the fact that the royal family on the feast of the Epiphany descended along it to the Jordan - a special hole in the frozen Neva, where the ceremony took place.
The staircase was made by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli in the Baroque style. The main staircase was restored after a fire in 1837 by V.P. Stasov, who retained in general terms the idea of ​​F.B. Rastrelli.

2 White marble sculptures and balustrades, gray marble columns, luxurious gilding of plaster moldings - everything is admirable. Let's walk through it, shall we?

3 The white marble staircase forks in different directions: to the right and to the left, diverges into two wide solemn marches, which rejoin at the upper platform. It occupies the entire height of the building (height 22 meters). A wide staircase with comfortable low steps - it is good to climb them in chic ball gowns

4 During the restoration of the stairs after the fire, Stasov replaced the gilded carved balusters with a heavy marble balustrade. Balusters made of Carrara marble by sculptors F. Triscorni and E. Moderni

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6 The walls are decorated with decorative sculptures from the era of Ancient Rome. Atlant

7 Caryatid

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9 Sculptures "Justice" and "Mercy"

10 At the top of the stairs - monolithic columns made of gray (Serdobol) granite - St. Petersburg stone. Ten monolithic Corinthian columns decorate and support the vaults of the staircase.

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13 In the central niche there is a statue of the "Vladychitsa", brought from the Taurida Palace

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16 The central ceiling of the staircase has an area of ​​about 200 square meters. It depicts the pictorial composition "Olympus" by the Italian artist of the 18th century Gasparo Diziani, which rests on the padugas, decorated with figurative and ornamental paintings in the "grisaille" style. Having chosen an 18th-century plafond with the image of Olympus in the pantries of the Hermitage, Stasov included it in the composition of the ceiling, and since the new plafond turned out to be somewhat smaller than the old one, the remaining space, the artist A.I. Solovyov painted according to Stasov's sketches

17 In 1898-1901, electric lighting fixtures in the form of chandeliers and sconces made of non-ferrous metal, gilded in a galvanic way, were used to illuminate the stairs.

18 They were made in neo-baroque style under the guidance of architect L.N. Benois according to the drawing of the artist V. Emme at the St. Petersburg factory of A. Moran

History of the Jordan Stairs

The Jordan Staircase was built in the Baroque style by a Russian architect, Italian by birth, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli. But in 1837 there was a terrible fire, which destroyed almost all the interior decoration of the Winter Palace with its fire, and, of course, did not spare the stairs.

The restoration of the Main Staircase was entrusted to V.P. Stasov, who for a year and a half tried to restore the staircase in a completely old way, as ordered by Emperor Nicholas I. The architect was very attentive to the restoration of the Jordan Staircase, trying to preserve all the beauty and luxury that he gave her Rastrelli.

Staircase at present

Today, the staircase is presented to visitors almost in its original form and delights. White marble sculptures, gray marble columns, gilding of stucco - all this delights and makes you fall in love with yourself at first sight.

The best materials were used to design the stairs. For the manufacture of balustrades, floors and steps - white Carrara marble. And for the walls - artificial marble, also white. The columns on the second level are made of Serdobol granite.

Gray granite dilutes the overall white and gold color scheme, marking the grandeur and monumentality of the interior. The ceiling of Fontebasso, which burned out in a fire, was replaced by Stasov with the ceiling of Olympus found in the Hermitage vaults. It was also created in the 18th century in Gasparo Diziani.

The statues to decorate the stairs were obtained from the Summer Garden and the Tauride Palace. They were brought from Italy back in the time of Peter the Great. The statue "Power" was brought from the Taurida Castle, which adorns the central niche. An interesting and curious fact is that behind the statue of "Power", installed on the Jordan Staircase in the Hermitage, the name "Vladychitsa" soon stuck, indicating in some way the reign of Elizabeth Petrovna and Catherine II.

How to find the Jordan Stairs in the Hermitage

You probably won't have to look for it. As a rule, inspection of the Palace begins with a passage through the lobby, which leads to the Main Staircase. The lobby, as it were, prepares visitors for the perception of the magnificent, graceful beauty of the Jordan Stairs. Getting here, you immediately feel its size, spaciousness, abundance of light that comes not only from huge windows, but also through reflection in large mirrors.

The magnificent appearance of the Winter Palace and, in particular, the Ambassadorial Stairs were supposed to demonstrate the position of the new city on the Neva. Interestingly, in 1844, Nicholas I signed a decree that stated that in it is forbidden to build civil buildings higher than the Winter Palace.

The majestic and beautiful Main Staircase of the Winter Palace in the 18th century played a very important representative role, being included in the suite of ceremonial halls where solemn ceremonies and court festivities were held. According to it, the ambassadors of foreign states went up to the central halls for audiences, so it was called the Embassy. After the revolution, when the palace became a museum, the guides gave it the name Jordanskaya, because on the feast of Epiphany the royal family and other participants in the procession descended along it, starting from the Great Church and going to the Jordan - a special hole in the frozen Neva, where the rite of blessing was held.

This staircase is associated with the construction of the New Hermitage, a building designed specifically as a museum for the overgrown collections of art objects. It was built in 1850 by the architect N. E. Efimov under the direction of V. P. Stasov according to the project of L. von Klenze. The staircase became the main entrance to the building of the New Hermitage and was similar to the one that led to the Athenian Acropolis. Its entrance from the side of the street is decorated with granite sculptures of ten Atlanteans, created by Academician A.I. Terebenev, hence the other name - Terebenevskaya stairs. If you look at the stairs from the landing of the first floor up, you will notice one interesting architectural solution: in each next flight, the number of steps is reduced by one, which creates the illusion of an endless road up.

The first visitors to the museum climbed the Main Staircase of the New Hermitage. However, the museum was not public, designed for a wide visitor. Initially, in order to get into the Hermitage, a special permit was required, which was issued only to a select few. So, for example, the great poet A. S. Pushkin was able to get a permanent museum pass only on the recommendation of V. A. Zhukovsky, his teacher. Even well-known Russian artists who needed to work in the halls could not always get such permission.

This staircase has nothing to do with the Soviet Union. The Soviet staircase, built in the middle of the 19th century by the architect A. I. Shtakenshneider, got its name due to the fact that members of the State Council passed through its entrance on their way to meetings chaired by the tsar. The staircase is also unique in that it links three buildings of the museum complex at once: it communicates with the Small Hermitage through a passage corridor, the Old Hermitage is located on the opposite side along the embankment line, the doors in the center (opposite the windows) lead to the halls of the New Hermitage.

October stairs

The name "October" stairs was given in memory of the revolutionary events of October 1917, when the assault troops entered the Winter Palace along it. On the October stairs, on the night of October 25-26, 1917, the captured ministers of the Provisional Government were led out.

No guidebook can find the exact date of the appearance of this name, and the famous memorial plaque was installed on it after the new name took root. Prior to that, the staircase was called "Her Imperial Majesty", since it adjoined directly to the apartments of the empresses - the wife (later the widow) of Paul I Maria Feodorovna and the wife of Alexander II Maria Alexandrovna.

church stairs

The church staircase is located in close proximity to the Small Church of the Winter Palace, where services were held with the participation of members of the royal family. A few years ago, an amazing incident occurred in the Hermitage: during scheduled electrical work, a plaster sculpture immured into the wall was discovered on the site of the second floor of the Church Stairs.

The sculpture depicts a slave in a collar and is called "The Fugitive Slave". During the restoration of the find, it turned out that it was created by the famous sculptor Vladimir Beklemishev at the end of the 19th century. And in 1893 she represented Russia at the Chicago World's Fair. How and why she ended up in "imprisonment" is unknown, but she spent more than 60 years there. There have been no such discoveries in the museum for more than a century.