Winter Palace). The Anichkov provided the setting for numerous family festivities, including the wedding of Emperor Nicholas's niece Irina Romanova to Prince Felix Yusupov in 1914. Nicholas II's mother, after becoming dowager empress, continued to have the right of residence in the palace until the February Revolution of 1917, although she had moved to Kiev away from St. Petersburg. After the revolution the Ministry of Provisions moved in. Following the October Revolution of November 1917, the Bolshevik government nationalized the Anichkov Palace and designated it the St. Petersburg City Museum. After 1934, when it was converted into the Young Pioneer Palace, the palace housed over one-hundred after-school clubs for more than 10,000 children. While a small museum inside is open to the public at selected times, the edifice is normally not accessible to tourists. References Axelrod V.I., Bulankova L.P. Anichkov dvorets – legendy i byli. SPb, 1996. External links Official website Anichkov Palace in Encyclopaedia of St. Petersburg Palaces in Saint Petersburg Royal residences in Russia Nevsky Prospekt Carlo Rossi buildings and structures 1754 establishments in the Russian Empire Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Saint Petersburg