Babolovsky Palace

The Babolovsky Palace in the city of Pushkin is located in Babolovsky Park on the shore of Serebryany Pond and is currently in a ruined state after the destruction at the end of the Great Patriotic War. The surviving original walls of the building are covered with a temporary roof and scaffolding, which slows down its further deterioration. In 1824–1825, the palace was rebuilt according to the design of V. P. Stasov, and the "Tsar Bathtub" made of dark pink Finnish granite by Samson Sukhanov according to the design of engineer Betancourt was installed in a special room. This oval basin has a height of 192 cm, a diameter of 533 cm, and weighs 48 tons, and its polishing lasted from 1818 to 1828.