Mariyinsky Palace in Kiev is a picturesque Baroque palace on the hilly bank of the Dnieper River. The palace was requested to be constructed in 1744 by the Russian Empress Elizaveta Petrovna, and was designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli, the most famous architect working in the Russia at that time. It is now the official ceremonial residence of the President of Ukraine and adjoins the building of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine.
