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State |
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| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
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Marble Palace |
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The palace with a statue of Alexander III, father of the last tzar. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
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Field of Mars |
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The Field of Mars is a park on the site of a cemetary. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
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Field of Mars |
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Eternal flame commomorating the victims of the 1917 Revolution. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
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Field of Mars |
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Memorial and flowers. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
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Field of Mars |
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Technical University. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
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Summer Palace |
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The Summer palace was built for Peter I in 1714. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
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Summer Palace |
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Relief commemorating naval victories. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
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Summer Palace |
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Military carving over the entrance of the palace. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
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Summer Palace |
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The Summer Gardens are based on Versaille. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
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Summer Palace |
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Musician playing in front of a statue of Krylov. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
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Summer Palace |
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Canal walk. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
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Summer Palace |
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Newly married couple. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
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St Michael's Castle |
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St Michael's Castle by the river. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
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St Michael's Castle |
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St Michael's Castle (also called the Engineers' Castle) was built by Paul I in the 1790s. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
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St Michael's Castle |
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Paul I (the son of Catherine The Great) lived in the castle for 40 days before being assassinated. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
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St Michael's Castle |
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Curved corner. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
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St Michael's Castle |
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The castle is now a museum. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
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St Michael's Castle |
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The interior. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
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St Michael's Castle |
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The walls are decorated. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
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St Michael's Castle |
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Fydor Dostoevsky studied here when it was a miltary engineering school. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
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Bolshaya Morskaya leads to Palace Square via an arch. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Palace Square |
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The Arch leading into Palace Square. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Palace Square |
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Palace Square is the central square of Russia from the days of the Empire. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Palace Square |
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The square saw many historical events including the Bloody Sunday Massacre and parts of the October Revolution of 1917. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Palace Square |
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The General Staff Building makes a 580m curve. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Palace Square |
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The Northern end of the square is dominated by the Winter Palace. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Palace Square |
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It is the largest square in the city. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Palace Square |
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The sweep of the square. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
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The Winter Palace. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
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The green and gold Winter Palace was home of the tzars between 1762 and 1917 and has 1057 rooms and 117 staircases. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
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The pro-Revolutionary government ruled from here for a few months until the capital was moved to Moscow. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
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The facade. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
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The palace was converted to a museum (the Hermitage) in 1922. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
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Wrought iron gate. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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The Jordan Staircase was designed by Bartolomo Rastrelli and is made of marble. It leads to the Royal State Rooms. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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The ceiling above the staircase. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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The top of the Jordan Staircase is supported by granite columns. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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Detail of the solid granite columns supporting the Jordan Staircase. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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Nicholas Hall is the largest room in the palace. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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Velvet coats. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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The silver tomb of Alexander Nevsky, the general who defeated the Swedes. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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View across the river. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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The Malachite Hall is one of the State Rooms. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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Two tonnes of malachite (a copper ore) was used in the Malachite Hall. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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Painting of "Poetry" with a malachite lamp in the Malachite Hall. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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The Small Dining Room where the 1917 government was arrested by the Bolshevics in 1917. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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The Bedroom of Maria Alexandrovna is decorated with red material made by Cartier in Paris. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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Golden Drawing Room: The ceiling and chandelier. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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Door in the Golden Drawing Room. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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Guilded wall and ceiling of the Golden Drawing Room in the Winter Palace. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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Gold door with eagle claw handles. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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View from the State Rooms. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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Bureau in the White Hall. It was built for the wedding of Alexander II. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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Chandelier in the White Hall. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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Doors in the White Hall. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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White Hall fireplace. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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Inlaid wooden floor in Room 288 of the State Rooms. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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Portrait by Francis de Troy of his wife over an inlaid bureau (Room 286). |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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Three French paintings over a bureau in Room 285. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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Portrait of two actresses by Jean Baptiste Santerre over a bureau (Room 283). |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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The large Alexander Hall. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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The Alexander Hall has tall ceilings decorated with blue and white friezes. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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"Battle at Viazna" by Peter Hess is in a coridor. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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Detail of "Battle at Viazna" by Peter Hess. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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Cube shaped grandfather clock in Alexander Hall. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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The Alexander Hall chandelier. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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Inlaid floor in one of the coridors. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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The circular ceiling of Room 271. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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The columns of Room 271. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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The Armoral Hall with its guilded columns. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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The throne of Peter the Great in the hall named after him. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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The chandelier in the Field Marshall's Hall. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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The State Coach in the Field Marshall's Hall. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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The side of the State Coach. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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The 1812 Gallery is a long room. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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The 1812 Gallery has portraits of the military leaders who fought against Napoleon. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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A wall of military portraits (1812 Gallery). |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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General Delyanov who fought against Napoleon, in the 1812 Gallery. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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The Duke of Wellington. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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Alexander I of Russia (1812 Gallery). |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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France I, Emperor of Austria (1812 Gallery). |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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Field Marshal M H Goleneshchev-Kutuzov (1812 Gallery). |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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St George's Hall is the throne room. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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The ceiling of St George's Hall. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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The Pavillion Hall contains 28 chandaliers. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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Roman mosaic in the Pavillion Hall. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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Some of the 28 chandeliers in the Pavillion Hall. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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The Peacock Clock was built in 1772 and tells time on a revolving toadstool (Pavillion Hall). |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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Room 260 resembles a chapel and has a large icon. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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View of the river from the Impressionists Gallery. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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"Woman Holding a Fruit" by Paul Gaugan. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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"Les Chaumierees" by Vincent Van Gogh. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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"Memories of a Garden at Etten" by Vincent Van Gogh. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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"Lady in Blue" by Paul Cezzane. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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"Meadows at Giverny" (1888) by Claude Monet. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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"Haystack in Giverny" by Claude Monet (1886). |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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"Lady in the Garden" by Claude Monet. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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"Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli" by Henri Edmond Delacroix. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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"Departure for the Market" by Constantin Troyon. |
2005 |
| Russia |
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St Petersburg |
Winter Palace |
Hermitage Museum |
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"Place du Theatre" by Camille Pissarro. |
2005 |
were added from 1 January 2023.