The construction of the Terem Palace in the Moscow Kremlin began in the period 1635-1636. The uppermost floor of the palace contained the private chambers, where, during the 17th century, the female members of the Romanov family lived in seclusion, surrounded by elaborate protocol. Even physicians were only admitted in extreme cases, and they were obliged to examine their patients in semi-darkness, and to take their pulse through a veil. When the royal ladies ventured out of the Terem they had to cover their faces, and travel in closed carriages. Since rank prevented them from marrying outside the royal family, and religion ruled out foreign husbands, the Terem was, for the majority of Romanov women, a gilded cage. The Regent Sophia was the first to defy many of these conventions, and Peter the Great abolished them altogether. The Palace was also used by the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas the 2nd. The Moscow Kremlin The Moscow Kremlin (Russian: МоÑковÑкий Кремль) is the best known kremlin (Russian citadel). ... The House of Romanov (Рома́нов, pronounced Ro-MAH-nof), the second and last royal dynasty of Russia, which ruled Muscovy and the Russian Empire for five generations from 1613 to 1762. ... Portrait of Peter by Paul Delaroche Peter I (Russian: Пётр I ÐлекÑеевич or Pyotr I Alexeyevich)(Peter Alexeyevich Romanov) (10 June 1672–8 February 1725 [30 May 1672– 28 January 1725 O.S.] ) ruled Russia from 7 May (27 April O.S.) 1682 until his death. ...
There are two domestic churches of the Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Moscow, the Cathedral of 12 Apostles (1653-56) and the one-domed exquisite church of the Deposition of the Virgin’s Robe, built by Pskov artisans over the years 1484-88 and featuring superb icons and frescoes from 1627 and 1644.
The oldest secular structure still standing is the Palace of Facets (1491), which holds the imperial thrones, it was commissioned by Ivan III (the Great).
The original TeremPalace was commissioned by Ivan III, but most of the existing palace was built in the 17th century.
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