Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1894, imba youmambo (yeumambo) yakavakwa nokuda kwokusvika kwavanhu voumambo muguta. Mugadziri wedzimba Dmitry Chichagov, mumiririri wedzinza rakakurumbira revagadziri veRussia, akagadzira zvose zviri zviviri chivako nechomukati. Horo yepavilion yakanga yakashongedzwa nomufananidzo mukuru waNicholas II uye choto chakavezwa chakaitwa nemarble machena eItaly. Runhare rwakagadzirirwa hurukuro dzinokosha. Imba yacho yakagamuchira mambo kaviri: muna 1896, mukati me
All-Russia Exhibition uye muna 1913, panguva yemhemberero yeRomanov Tercentenary. Munguva yeshanduko ya1905, yakabatwa nevashandi vanopandukira ndokuchengetwa kwenguva yakati. Pashure peRevolution yaOctober ya1917, Komiti yeBolsheviks yeKanavino uye sangano rezvechiremba rezvitima raive muchivako panguva dzakasiyana.