• The Winter Palace is a palace in Saint Petersburg that served as the official residence of the House of Romanov, previous emperors, from 1732 to 1917.
  • So Peter ordered all his nobles to build residences at his Winter Palace, legally the aristocrats also had to spend about half a year in St. Petersburg.
  • We had only one day for this place and I had been told to keep three days aside just for the Hermitage/Winter Palace.
  • The first Winter Palace built in 1708 was of timber and was built roughly on the site of the courtyard of the present Hermitage Theatre. In 1711 the wooden building...
  • After Peter II died, the Duchess of Courland and niece to Peter I, Anna Ivanovna, inherited the throne. She re-instated the Imperial Court in the Winter Palace...
  • View of the Winter Palace of Peter I.’ was created in 1716 by Alexey Zubov in Baroque style.
  • The first Imperial residence on the site of the Winter Palace was a wooden house in the Dutch style built in 1708 for Peter the Great and his family.
  • From this, a rather tragic chain of events began, which leads us to the current Winter Palace of Peter I, which so little resembles the original house of the ruling...
  • The Winter Palace of Peter the Great and the Hermitage Theater is a historical and architectural monument located in the central part of St...
  • Despite the frequent attacks including the Red Army attack in 1917, the Winter Palace has not lost its grandeur by any means.
  • The former official residence of the Russian Tsars, the Winter Palace is an imposing building that forms part of the Hermitage Museum.
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  • The Gothic Library of Nicholas II, located inside the Winter Palace St Petersburg, is ranked as one of the most beautiful and magnificent interiors which have...
  • Peter the Great’s daughter, Elizabeth Petrovna, wanted an even grander and more spacious palace when she came to power, so a fourth, temporary Winter...