Assembly of Peter the Great
Gala dinner with champagne reception and entertainment In the lobby-bar of the of Baltic Star Hotel, the Palace Park, the Marble Hall and the Blue Hall of Konstantin Palace including Accommodation.
Maximum capacity 200 guests
The event is organised by the External Affairs Department of the National Congress palace (Konstantin Palace) and the Baltic Star hotel.
Konstantin Palace Strelna
The palace and park ensemble in Strelna, now called “The National Congress Palace” is located on the picturesque coast of the Gulf of Finland, far from the city vanity, in the green space of St.-Petersburg. It has been completed in 1715. Peter the Great had intended to build a suburban residence here. Konstantin palace is the Dominating structure of the complex. It is the former residence of grand dukes of the House of Romanovs and the revived monument of the Russian architecture of the XVIII-th century. Today within the palace expositions Russian painting, decorative and applied arts of XVIII-XX centuries including the world-famous collection of M. Rostropovich and G. Vishnevskaya are widely presented. At the grottos of Konstantin Palace wine cellars with one of the greatest collection of elite wines in the world are placed. The palace is surrounded by the park, extending to the coast of the Gulf of Finland.
Konstantin Palace
Baltic Star Hotel
Lobby-Bar of the of Baltic Star Hotel
Timetable of suggested gale dinner with entertainment
17:30 The guests are gathering in the Lobby of the Baltic Star Hotel.
Welcome-drink at the lobby-bar of the hotel. The group of artists meets the guests. A musician playing the harp. 19:00 The guests are being escorted through the palace park to the palace accompany by the artists. The guests walk through the Lower terrace of the Palace on a red carpet which lies on a path of the park. Photo shoot with the artists near the fountains.
The park as seen from the upper Terrace of the palace
19:20 Lower terrace
The guests meet Peter the Great and Catherine who come to the moor by boat through the central canal and are received by cannon shots. Peter the Great invites the guests to go to the parade-ground in front of the palace. The guests go up the staircase through the arcade to the parade-ground. There they meet the military orchestra in historical uniforms. Military musical pageant. Peter the Great greets the guests and invites them to the palace. Guests leave there coats at the cloakroom.
The Marble Hall
Performance of the ballet dancers in the Marble Hall
20:00 The guests go up the central staircase in accompany of Peter the Great, Catherine and their retinue. 8 ballet dancers in historical costumes greet the guests and escort them to the Marble hall. The artists show the classical and historical turns, invite Peter, his retinue and some of the guests to participate in the dance.
Peter the Great and Catherine
20:30 The guests are invited to the Blue Hall. Gala-dinner “A la Russ”. Peter and Catherine are sitting on armchairs in the front.
Gala Dinner in the Blue Hall
Musical accompaniment by “Catherine the Great” classical orchestra and theatrical sketches by royal retinue are continued during the evening.
22:00 After dinner the guests are invited to the Upper Terrace of the palace to see a firework show of 5 to 7 minutes, arranged in the park. Return to the hotel
Menu “a la russe”
Cold starters
Meat plenteousness
(Chicken roll with hazel nut, rolled pork with cracklings, roast beef, oven-baked ham, Cherry tomatoes, parsley, wild leek fries, pickles)
Jellied pike-perch
Royal fish
(Cold-smoked balyk, smoke-cured sturgeon, soft salted Atlantic salmon, smoke-cured eel, lollo rosso salad, lemons, black olives)
“Still life” of fresh vegetables
(Cucumbers, tomatoes, paprika, radish, fresh greens)
Cherry tomatoes, stuffed with smoked salmon
Mackerel and herring duet with green onion and warm potatoes
Caviar (red, pike caviar, pollock caviar)
“Oladushki ot babushki” (traditional Russian home thick pancakes)
Trout rolls with Mascarpone cheese
Assortment of Russian pies (mushrooms, meat)
Mixed cheese
Jellied turkey with mustard
Pickles from the cellars
(Sour-kraut, orange milk mushrooms from Vologda, pickled tomatoes (from a barrel), pickled and soft-slated cucumbers)
Assortment of sauces and dressings
Salads
Pumpkin salad
(Roasted pumpkin, iceberg letucce, rodiccio, Siberian pine tree nuts, mango sauce)
“Siberian" salad
(Chipped fillet of smoked duck breast with apples, celeriac and Siberian pine-tree nuts, served with light home-made mayo)
Hot starters
Mushroom lukoshko with vershki (mushroom julienne)
Main course
Altai nelma steak (Siberian white salmon) with vegetable julienne
or
Baked duck leg with baked apples
Dessert
Esterhazy cake
Fruits
Drinks
Tea/coffee
Mineral water
Fruit-drink with mint
History
The establishment of a palace and park ensemble in Strelna has been completed in 1715. Peter the Great intended to build a suburban residence here. The construction of the Great Strelna Palace was started with the project of N. Michetti in 1720, but in 1725 after the death of Peter the Great the works were suspended. In 1797 Strelna receives the status of the principality and acquires a new owner, the Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich. He began to reconstruct the Konstantin Palace with the help of the architects A. Voronikhin and Luigi Rusca in order to preserve the historical appearance of the building in memory of his great ancestor. As a general inspector of the Russian cavalry guard, he conducted parades and maneuvers of his regiments at the square.
The National Congress Palace is a unique complex, which combines the functions of a State residence, modern congress centre, museum and cultural reserve.
National Congress Palace possesses a wide spectrum of possibilities for the organization of the activities of a various format at the highest level. We carry out not only conferences and other business actions, but also secular events - receptions, concerts, balls, fashion defiles, presentations and many others. Fine places for carrying out your events are not only the halls of the Konstantin Palace, but also the halls of the five-star splendid "Baltic Star Hotel", the conference centre,VIP cottages and unique Fort Alexander. There are several restaurants in the complex, which can satisfy the requests of the most exacting guests.
Besides, we offer different excursion programs, including visiting the apartments of the President of Russian Federation and wine tasting in the Grottos of the palace where one of the biggest collections of elite wines in Europe is stored.
