After Napoleon's invasion of Russia, the Winter Palace became a scene of military parades and ceremonies, some involving 100,000 soldiers or more. In the 1800s, Nicholas I, ...

A palace that symbolizes 'all that is Russian' On Dec. 17, 1837, a fire broke out at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. Now the site of the famous State Hermitage Museum, back then it served as ...

The Winter Palace Alexander Sukorov takes an imaginative journey through Russia’s ancient past–via one of its oldest museums by Godfrey Cheshire 04/16/2003 02/05/2023. Share this: ...

The Russian Navy took ownership of the palace in 1951, establishing a military institute, but retaining the museum portions. ... Winter Palace, St. Petersburg The Hermitage, ...

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The Winter Palace has 1,786 doors, 1,945 windows, 1,500 rooms and 117 staircases. The Winter Palace was the official residence of Russia’s rulers from 1732 to 1917.

SYNOPSIS. A former Ambassador of France to Russia, ... a ghost had been seen in one of the corridors of the Winter Palace. While the Ambassador is calling on the Princess Nestikoff, ...

FICTION: INSIDE THE RUSSIAN COURT . The Winter Palace: A Novel of Catherine the Great by Eva Stachniak (Bantam). Catherine the Great, the much-mythologized empress of 18th-century Russia, has long ...

On Dec. 17, 1837, a fire broke out at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. Now the site of the famous State Hermitage Museum, back then it served as the primary residence of the czar and his family.