Anichkov Palace was the first brick building constructed in Nevsky Prospect – the main street of St. Petersburg. The order to construct the palace was issued by Elizaveta Petrovna, the daughter of Peter the Great, in 1741. The palace was designed in Baroque style by Mikhail Zemtsov, and soon the construction works began. In 1743, after the death of Mikhail Zemtsov, his assistant Grigory Dmitriev continued to supervise the construction works. He changed the original design of the building. Construction of the palace continued until the 1750s. The end of the construction and decoration of the interiors was supervised by Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli (from 1751 to 1754).

Originally, the main facade of the palace faced not Nevsky Prospect (which was not the city's main street at that time), but the Fontanka river.

Later, other architects contributed to reconstruction of the palace. Among them were Ivan Starov, Giacomo Quarenghi, Luigi Rusca, Carlo Rossi, Alexander Gegello and David Krichevsky.

The first owner of the palace was Count Alexei Razumovsky, the favorite of Elizaveta Petrovna.

In 1935, Anichkov Palace was transformed into the Young Pioneers' Club. The reconstruction was supervised by Alexander Gegello and David Krichevsky. In the process of reconstruction, vaults of the ground floor, as well as some walls were dismantled. Now Anichkov Palace is called the St. Petersburg City Center for Creative Work of Children and Teenagers. There are numerous art and craft societies for children and teenagers residing in St. Petersburg.

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