Prince Romanov Residence

The residence was built by the Grand Duke Nicholas, who was the nephew of Alexander II and the grandson of Nicholas I. As fate has willed Nicholas got into exile in Tashkent, and the rest of his days he lived in this palace built under his governance. This building harmoniously combines several styles and more looks like European house. Being in exile in Tashkent, Prince was engaged in irrigation, land development in Turkestan and managed to create some capital, which helps him to buy a lot of pictures, art items from the east and organize an exhibition for virtuosity. Exhibits after his death were nationalized and formed the basis of the Art Museum.

Today this building is the reception hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Here are interesting rooms that are decorated by folk artists, and at the same time is not violated purely European style of this building. This is the typical building of modernist style, very fashionable at the turn of the XIX and XX centuries. Architect William Geyntselman made the windows of unusual shape, lattice towers and columns, as well as sculptures of dogs and deer in full size.

During the Soviet era Romanov Residence in Tashkent was nationalized, and the prince died in 1918 (according to one version he died of galloping pneumonia, on the other version from the bullets of the Bolsheviks). In the same year the building housed the Art Museum. Later, the museum moved to another part of Tashkent, and Romanov residence became the home of international receptions of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan.