- 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...
- And right in the middle of it stands the magnificent Winter Palace of Peter the Great and all the Russian Tsars that came after him.
- The first Winter Palace was constructed in 1708 for Peter I . Three years later the small wooden building was replaced by a stone palace.
- The official residence of Russia’s royal family from 1731 to 1917, the Winter Palace is now a popular tourist attraction and part of a large complex of buildings...Bulunamadı: i
- Peter the Great’s aspirations for the Winter Palace were not to rival Versailles in size or splendor—that honor would fall to the Peterhof Palace—but to build a...
- In the last room before you leave, don't miss the wax effigy of Peter made by Bartolomeo Rastrelli after the tsar died in the palace in 1725.
- (The palace is adjacent to the site of Peter the Great’s original Winter Palace, built in 1708, which is now the site of the Hermitage Theatre.)
- In 1917, when the monarchy was overthrown in Russia, and the power came to the Provisional Government, the Winter Palace became its the residence.