Fire in the Winter Palace

The fire broke out after smoke from an unswept chimney had seeped through an unchoked vent in a partition between the wooden and main walls in the Field Marshal's Hall. The prince gave him orders and continued to look quietly on at the performance. The retired Major-General Baranovich told later how the 10th Navy Crew's private Nestor Troyanov and the commissary department joiner Abram Dorofeev managed to save the image of the Christ the Saviour from the already burning iconostasis. Each man was awarded three hundred rubles, with Troyanov being transferred to the Guards. The official reports stated that there were no casualties until an eyewitness, Kolokoltsov, revealed the figures in 1882. ==Restoration==

The facades and parade halls were restored by Vasily Stasov and inner rooms by Alexander Briullov. In 1838–39 the fire walls, new stone and cast-iron staircases as well as new funnels were installed. All the wood was replaced by iron, cast-iron and brick. By the end of 1838 the expenses on these works exceeded 100,000 rubles. ==See also==