 The Empress invested 823 thousand roubles before the Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792 broke out and construction works were suspended (on 3 November 1789).By this time, nine core buildings and two of five connecting galleries were completed; the service buildings had not been started.The project consumed 25 million bricks, 1383 cubic sazhen of granite cladding; palaces have already been equipped with 350 heating ovens and furniture made by David Roentgen.