Amusement Palace

The Amusement Palace (Russian: Потешный дворец, romanized: Poteshny dvorets) is located at the Kremlin’s western wall.

In the theatre, performances were staged to amuse the family of the tsar and his court.

During the administration of Tsar Peter the Great, the Police Department was placed in the palace.

It was later the home of Joseph Stalin, where his second wife Nadezhda Alliluyeva committed suicide.

The palace was restored in 2002–2004, including the original décor of its façade and the Church of our Lady's Glorification.