Senate and Synod Building

[citation needed] After the accession of Catherine the Great, Bestuzhev-Ryumin's house passed to the treasury and the Senate took up residence there, having been rebuilt by architect Alexander Vista.

Based on the drawing of the western façade of the building, which is preserved in the collection of the Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts, it is believed that the project was created by architect Ivan Starov.

[4] In December 2005, the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg proposed using the Senate and Synod building for a highest court headquarters or a museum.

[6] On March 22, 2006, the State Duma adopted a law in the first reading to transfer the Constitutional Court from Moscow to St.

As part of the project, the library provided for the possible placement of patriarchal chambers and apartments for the President of Russia, with separate entrances leading to the recreated general presence hall for meetings between secular and religious authorities.