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Home  Cambodia  China  Cuba  Egypt  Estonia  Galapagos  Iceland  Kamchatka  Karakoram  Laos  Lundy Island  Nepal  New Zealand  Patagonia  Prague  Russian Cities  Moscow  St Petersburg  Scottish  Highlands  Sierra Nevada  Thailand  Tibet  Vietnam  Email /  Feedback	St Petersburg     -     The Hermitage / Winter Palace Founded in 1703, within ten years St Petersburg had become capital of the Russian empire and quickly gained a reputation as one of Europe's most beautiful cities. In the 20th century it underwent three name changes, three revolutions and a 900-day siege. For a city only three hundred years old, it has an amazing history. Choose a category from the menu Canals   |   Church on Spilled Blood   |   General   |   Peterhof / Pushkin St Isaac's Cathedral   |   Tikhvik Cemetery   |   Hermitage / Winter Palace The Hermitage / Winter Palace Click a thumbnail for a larger picture One of the most famous museums in the world, the Hermitage has a vast collection occupying a grand ensemble of buildings. The most impressive is Rastrelli's Baroque Winter Palace, home to the Russian imperial royal family. However, after the assassination of Alexander II in 1881, the tsars rarely lived here. During World War I a field hospital occupied some of the state rooms, and in July 1917, the Provisional Government took the palace as its headquaters, which led to its storming by the Bolsheviks,which in turn led to the revolution, communisum and the Soviet Union.
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