Read the text "Catherine Palace" and fill in the gaps \(A—F\) with the parts of the sentences indicated by the numbers \(1—7\).
One of the parts of the sentences is extra.

• Объекты 1
  • The Catherine Palace is the former royal palace, one of the largest in the area of St. Petersburg. The palace is located in the town of Pushkin \(formerly Tsarskoye Selo\), 25 km south of St. Petersburg. The palace was built in 1717 under the direction of the German architect J. F. Braunstein A _______.
  • During the reign of Empress Elizabeth, the palace acquired its present form and style. In May 1752 she asked the architect B. F. Rastrelli to rebuild the palace, B _______ and small.
  • After the great reconstruction, C _______, the modern palace was completely built in the Russian Baroque style.
  • The first presentation of the huge 325-metre palace shocked the Russian elite and foreign guests.
    The final touch in the decoration of the Catherine Palace was the main staircase in the Rococo style, D________ in 1863.
    After the October Revolution, the Catherine Palace was turned into a museum.
  • Today, the exhibition of the Catherine Palace is opened in 32 rooms. The most interesting place of the palace for tourists is the famous Amber Room, E __________.
  • The main decoration of the Amber Room was made at the beginning of the 18th century in Prussia, F_________. During the Great Patriotic War, the decoration of the Amber Room was removed by the German occupiers to Koenigsberg. The further fate of the original exhibits of the room is still under a veil of legends and myths.
  • extra part
• Объекты 2
  • 5. and then it was presented to Emperor Peter I
  • 1. which lasted almost four years
  • 3. which was created by the Russian architect
  • 7. as the summer residence of Empress Catherine I
  • 2. which had been restored by 2003
  • 4. because she considered it too old-fashioned
  • 6. because the museum exhibits need much care