After The War
After the explusion of the German forces, the palace was used as a depot for artworks coming back into the area. The neighouring Catherine Palace had been looted and mostly destroyed. For a time it was planned to restore the interiors of the Alexander Palace and to turn it back into a museum, but this decision was reversed and the palace was handed over to the Soviet Navy. It also functioned as an orphanage. As a result, many areas on the upper floor where the rooms of the tsar's five children had been located were destroyed.
The Alexander Palace was purposely left forgotten. Interest in the last Romanov Tsar was discouraged by the Soviet regime. As such the Alexander Palace was off limits to tourists although some of its interior decoration from the imperial past remained in the left wing. Many of its former collections still existed, but were located in other museums such as the Pavlosk Palace. The palace was seen as little more than an enhancement to the beautiful Alexander Park.
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