National Youth Palace

National Youth and Children's Palace, sometimes referred to as Pioneers' Palace, National Palace, or by its original name, Viceroy's Palace, is a historic building located on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi, Georgia. The original building, constructed in 1802 after the establishment of the Imperial Russian rule in Georgia, served as the residence of the Commander-in-Chief of the Caucasus in Tiflis. After several reconstructions a new palace was built in 1818, designed by architect Braunmiller. The palace was reconstructed in 1847 by architect Nikolai Semyonov, who gave the palace a classical look and constructed a garden on the left side of the palace. It underwent a second renovation in 1869, led by Otto Jakob Simonson, a German architect working in Tbilisi. He enlarged the palace and gave it a renaissance look. During the various periods of Russian Imperial rule in Georgia, the palace was sometimes the residence and palace of the Commander-in-Chief of the Caucasus, and sometimes of the Viceroy. Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, the palace housed the government of the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic. On May 26, 1918, the federation announced its dissolution and the National Council of Georgia, convened at the palace on the same day, declared Georgia's independence at 5:10 p.m. Two days later, the independenc

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