• 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.
  • After the death of Catherine I, the Winter Palace of Peter the Great gradually began to decline.
  • 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...
  • The Winter Palace of Peter the Great and the Hermitage Theater is a historical and architectural monument located in the central part of St...
  • ...the 700 rubles include the Main Museum Complex and the branches (the Main Museum Complex, the General Staff Building, Winter Palace of Peter the Great...
  • The first Winter Palace was constructed in 1708 for Peter I . Three years later the small wooden building was replaced by a stone palace.
  • “In December 1837, fire broke out in the Winter Palace, destroying nearly all the palace interiors and only being prevented from spreading to the priceless art...
  • The Winter Palace of Peter the Great is a unique architectural monument of the first quarter of the 18th century.
  • It was long assumed that Peter the Great's original Winter Palace, built by Mattarnovi and Trezzini and completed in 1720...
  • Not only did Peter the Great order all his nobles to build residences at his Winter Palace, but these aristocrats were also legally required to spend half the year there.
  • View of the Winter Palace of Peter I.’ was created in 1716 by Alexey Zubov in Baroque style.
  • 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...