В «Коломенском» открылась для посещений Копия голландского Дома Петра I
The ceremonial opening of the Replica of the Tsar Peter House took place on Nov. 12 at the museum and nature reserve at Kolomenskoye Park in Moscow. The structure is a scale-model reproduction of the building in Zaandam (the Netherlands) where the Russian tsar lived in 1697, while studying shipbuilding at the local wharf. In two rooms of the house, visitors can view restored fragments from the interior of that unique historical venue, including a fireplace lined with ceramic Delft tiles and the berth where Peter I slept.
The house's ceremonial opening was attended by the ambassador of the Netherlands in Russia, Ron van Dartel; a brigadier general of the Royal Netherlands Army, Hans van Grinsfen; and Major General Yuri Stavitsky, the head of the Russian Corps of Engineers.
Brigadier General Hans Van Grinsfen observed that the opening of this Replica of the Tsar Peter House marks the culmination of the Russia-Netherlands Bilateral Year. He feels that this ceremony at Kolomenskoye Park was one of the finest of the more than 200 events that were held during this year of cross-cultural exchanges. Major General Yuri Stavitsky noted that it was a great honor for the Russian Corps of Engineers to be part of this project, because the Corps of Engineers was established at the decree of Tsar Peter I. As we recall, the assembly of this copy of the house at Kolomenskoye Park was a joint production of the Dutch and the Russian military forces.
The director of the park's museum and nature reserve, Sergei Khudyakov, added that there was a good reason Kolomenskoye was selected as the site for this Replica of the Russian tsar's Dutch house. Kolomenskoye was where Peter spent his childhood, and his house from Arkhangelsk is also located there.
Ambassador van Dartel noted that both the museum complex in Zaandam and the Replica of the Tsar Peter House in Moscow symbolize the eternal, enduring relationship between the two countries. He made special mention of all who had actively participated in the project, noting the particular role played by Summa Group.
As we recall, the unique historical venue in Zaandam has required renovations for several years, and Summa Group made the decision to support the preservation of Russia's cultural and historical heritage in the Netherlands. Approximately $1 million was invested in the renovation of the house, which lasted for three months, but this was not the end of Summa's attention to the project. When the Dutch side needed help to ship the replica of the house to Russia, Summa once again took on the role of partner for this project. The group arranged for the containers with the materials to assemble the house to be shipped from St. Petersburg, where they had arrived on the Friesland naval vessel, to the Kolomenskoye museum.