ЦАРСЬКИЙ (МАРІЇНСЬКИЙ) ПАЛАЦ У КИЄВІ: ФУНКЦІОНУВАННЯ У 1917–1921 РОКАХ

The former Tsar’s (Mariinsky) Palace in Kyiv, a monument of the ХVIII–ХІХ centuries, during the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917–1921, for some time served as a public-political center, later considered as a possible location for museum institutions, including the National Museum. In January-February 1918, during the short-term occupation of the city by Russian Bolshevik troops in Kyiv, the palace was occupied by the military, who left the palace in an unsatisfactory condition. During the hetmanate of Pavlo Skoropadsky, the palace was used as an administrative building. After the final establishment of Soviet power in Ukraine from 1921, the palace was mainly occupied by various administrative and propaganda institutions, the palace was repeatedly repaired and restored. Keywords: Ukrainian Revolution of 1917–1921, Kyiv, Tsar’s (Mariin-sky) Palace, architecture, historical and cultural monuments of Ukraine, museum affairs.