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Winter Palace
former imperial palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Details
- Instance of
- palace, museum building
- Inception
- 1754
- Located in
- Dvortsovy Municipal Okrug
- Country
- Russia, Russian Empire, Soviet Union
- Founded by
- Elizabeth I of Russia
- architect
- Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli
- architectural style
- Elizabethan Baroque
- commissioned by
- Peter the Great
- Commons Institution page
- Winter Palace
- date of official opening
- 1762
- described by source
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Otto's encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Winter Palace Research, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- different from
- Winter Palace of the Bogd Khan
- has use
- official residence
- heritage designation
- federal cultural heritage site in Russia
- located in/on physical feature
- Second Admiral Island
- located on street
- Palace Embankment
- occupant
- Hermitage Museum
- topic's main category
- Category:Winter Palace
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