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Winter Palace in St. Petersburg: magnificent luxury

The Winter Palace is rightly considered the most significant landmark of the city of St. Petersburg. The building, which is presented to our view today, is by no means the first building on this site. The Winter Palace itself was built for 8 years (1754-1762). At present, the landmark is an example of the famous Elizabethan baroque and attracts guests from all over the world with its splendor.

As mentioned above, this Winter Palace in St. Petersburg was not the first. The first palace appeared in 1708. It was built by Peter the Great for his family. The building was a small house in Dutch style. Three years later the building was rebuilt in stone for the wedding of Katerina and Peter 1. The Winter Palace of Peter 1 was settled in 1720, when the emperor moved here with his family from the summer residence. In 1725 the emperor died here.

Anna Ioannovna, the new empress, found the building too small and insisted on perestroika. The famous architect Rastrelli designed a new building, which was completed in 1735. In 1739, the third Winter Palace in St. Petersburg hosted the solemn ceremony of betrothal of Princess Anne Leopoldovna and Anton Ulrich. In 1752, the power passed to Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, who also did not like the appearance of the palace. At the beginning of the year 1752, she bought a few more houses near the building, and Rastrelli began to build new buildings. After some time the empress decided to increase the height of the palace, as a result of which he was dismantled with the purpose of erecting a new Winter Palace.

The Fourth Winter Palace in St. Petersburg was temporary. It was built at the time of construction of the fifth. It was demolished in 1762, when the construction of a new residence, the one we see today, was completely completed. The building became the highest in the whole city, however, the empress never lived to its full readiness. On the throne was replaced by Peter 3, but he did not live to finish the interior decoration, as in 1762 he was killed. The erection of the palace was completed under Catherine II, but another architect was already decorating. It was during the Empress in the Winter Palace that the Throne Room, the White Hall, the Bright Cabinet, the Parade Book, the Library, the Imperial Study Room, the Boudoir, the famous Winter Garden, the St. George Hall and the Romanov Gallery appeared.

In 1837, the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg survived a fire that was extinguished for more than three days. In 1880, a bomb was detonated in the palace, the purpose of which was the assassination of Alexander II. As a result, only the sentries suffered.

In 1905, before the Winter Palace, a working demonstration was shot, which resulted in the Revolution of 1905-1907. Since then, in the walls of the palace, there were no specimens of imperial blood. During the First World War it had a hospital, during the February Revolution the palace was occupied by troops, and in 1917 the Provisional Government was located here. In October 1917, the Provisional Government was arrested, and only in 1922 the palace was transferred to the State Hermitage. Today the Winter Palace, the Alexander Column and the General Staff building form the most amazing ensemble in the whole of Russia.

The Winter Palace (St. Petersburg) has the shape of a square. Its facades overlook the Neva and the Palace Square. In the center of the main facade is the main arch. In the Winter Palace - more than a thousand rooms, each of which is more solemn and more magnificent than another. Currently, the building of the palace is the Small Hermitage.

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