View of the palace from the Palace Square
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Winter Palace from across the Neva River
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Located between the Palace Embankment and the Palace Square, the Winter Palace or Zimniy Dvorets (Russian: Зимний дворец) in Saint Petersburg, Russia was built between 1754 and 1762 as the winter residence of the Russian tsars. Palace Square or Dvortsovaya Ploshchad, connecting Nevsky Prospekt with Palace Bridge leading to Vasilievsky Island, is the central City The Palace Embankment or Palace Quay ( Russian: Дворцовая набережная (Dvortsovaya Naberezhnaya) is a street along the Neva Palace Square or Dvortsovaya Ploshchad, connecting Nevsky Prospekt with Palace Bridge leading to Vasilievsky Island, is the central City Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Tsar csar and tzar redirect here For other uses see Tsar (disambiguation.
Designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli, the Rococo-style, green-and-white palace has 1,786 doors and 1,945 windows. Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (Russian Франче́ско Бартоломе́о Растре́лли ( Rococo is a style of 18th century French art and Interior design. Catherine the Great was its first imperial occupant. Catherine II, called Catherine the Great (Екатерина II Великая Yekaterina II Velikaya;) reigned as Empress of Russia for 34 years
The Palace is now part of a complex of buildings known as the State Hermitage Museum, which holds one of the world's greatest collections of art. The State Hermitage Museum (Государственный Эрмитаж Gosudarstvennyj Èrmitaž) in Saint Petersburg, Russia is one of the largest As part of the Museum, many of the Winter Palace's 1,057 halls and rooms are open to the public. The Military Gallery, opened in 1826, accommodates 332 portraits of military leaders of the Russian army during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. The French invasion of Russia in 1812 was a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
After the February Revolution in Russia, the Winter Palace was the headquarters of the Russian Provisional Government. The February Revolution (Февральская революция in 1917 in Russia was the first stage of the Russian Revolution of 1917. The Russian Provisional Government was formed in Petrograd in 1917 after the February Revolution and the Abdication
The assault of the Winter Palace by Bolshevik forces was the official milestone of the October Revolution. The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists ( Большевик Большевист (singular, derived from bolshe, "more" were a faction The October Revolution (Октябрьская революция Oktyabrskaya revolyutsiya) also known as the Soviet Revolution
See also
- The movie, Russian Ark, an innovative single shot walkthrough with period reenactments spanning three hundred years of court meetings, balls, and family life in this building. Russian Ark (Русский ковчег is a 2002 movie by Russian director Alexander Sokurov.
- Palace Embankment and Palace Square - where the palace is situated
- Catherine Palace - the summer residence of Catherine the Great
- Hermitage Museum - the present use of the Winter Palace with the largest collection of art in the world
- Summer Palace - predecessor of the Winter Palace as the chief royal residence in Saint Petersburg
- Peterhof - the Tsar's summer residence outside Saint Petersburg
- Tsarskoye Selo - the Tsar's winter residence outside Saint Petersburg
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