Winter Palace
Located on the bank of the
Neva River
, the
Winter Palace
in
St. Petersburg
,
Russia
was built between 1754 and 1762 as the winter residence of the Russian
tsars
.
Designed by
Bartolomeo Rastrelli
, the
Baroque
-style, green-and-white palace has 1786 doors and 1945 windows.
Catherine the Great
was its first royal lodger. The Palace is now part of a group of magnificent buildings that is called the State
Hermitage Museum
which holds one of the world's greatest collections of art. As part of the Museum, many of the Winter Palace's 1057 halls and rooms are open to the public. After the
February Revolution
in Russia, the Winter Palace was the headquarters of the
Russian Provisional Government
. The assault of the Winter Palace by
Bolshevik
forces was the first milestone of the
October Revolution
.
See also
The movie,
Russian Ark
, an incredible single shot walk through with period reenactments spanning three hundred years of court meetings, balls, and family life in this building.
Catherine palace
- the summer residence of
Catherine the Great
Hermitage Museum
- the present use of the Winter Palace with arguably the greatest collection of art in the world.
Peterhof
-
Peter the Great's
summer palace
Tsarskoye Selo
- The Tsar's summer residence outside
St Petersburg
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