Tauride Palace is located in the historical center of Saint Petersburg in Shpalernaya street connecting Foundry Avenue and Smolny Cathedral. In 2008, a tender for the restoration of the premises of the Tauride Palace. Assumed to work on the comprehensive repair of the facade and the garden of the palace, replacing a number of engineering units, and the restoration of internal Interior rooms and halls of the palace. PetroMramor company involved in the manufacture of products made ??of natural stone and the mounting of products made of granite and marble.

The story of the Tauride Palace associated with the final merger in 1789, the Crimea to Russia. In 1789, in Shpalernaya Street palace built by architect IM Starov. construction continued about 6 years since 1783 and has earned attributed to the great works of Russian classicism of the late XVIII century. The palace was built on the orders of the Empress Catherine II to her favorite, Prince Grigory Potemkin. The name is due to the merits of the Tauride Palace of Field Marshal Potemkin, shot to fame in the conquest of Tauris (Crimea). For feats displayed by Potemkin in Tauris accession to the Russian Empire, Catherine ordered to produce Honourable and to call the Prince Potemkin - Potemkin Tauride.

In January 1918, in the Tauride Palace were the first and last meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Russia. The work of the Constituent Assembly was attended by 410 deputies elected by the whole of Russia. In the election was about 44 million voters. The Constituent Assembly was dispersed by the Bolsheviks January 6, 1918. On this day before the execution of the Tauride Palace never came, as it did the day before. January 5, 1918 in St. Petersburg was shot a peaceful demonstration in support of the Constituent Assembly. The column, more than 60 thousand people., Moved on Liteiny Prospect to the Tauride Palace. Soldiers of the Red Guard opened fire on demonstrators in two locations: at the corner of Nevsky and Foundry, and at the corner of Foundry and Kirochnaya. Despite this, the columns of people reached the Tauride Palace, where they were dispersed by the additional troops.

Now the Taurian palace is headquarters of Inter-parliamentary Assembly of the states CIS, Located in territory of the former USSR.