This building (61 meters long, 20.5 meters wide, 17.5 meters high) is used for state awards ceremonies and for foreign guests to sigh international treaties.

Faceted limestone blocks and regularly spaced rectangular windows on the main facade conjure up images of Renaissance buildings. The palace is used for Kremlin functions.

The yellow Poteshnyi Palace was allegedly home to the first ever permanent theater on Russian territory.

The building currently contains the Museum of Seventeenth Century Drachman Applied Art featuring a host of exhibits, from household items to religious paraphernalia.