Everything about Winter Palace totally explained
Located between the
Palace Embankment and the
Palace Square, the
Winter Palace (
Russian: Зимний дворец) in
Saint Petersburg,
Russia was built between 1754 and 1762 as the winter residence of the Russian
tsars.
Designed by
Bartolomeo Rastrelli, the
Rococo-style, green-and-white palace has 1,786 doors and 1,945 windows.
Catherine the Great was its first imperial occupant.
The Palace is now part of a complex of buildings known as the
State Hermitage Museum, which holds one of the world's greatest collections of art.
As part of the Museum, many of the Winter Palace's 1,057 halls and rooms are open to the public. The
Military Gallery, opened in 1826, accommodates 332 portraits of military leaders of the Russian army during
Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
After the
February Revolution in Russia, the Winter Palace was the headquarters of the
Russian Provisional Government.
The assault of the Winter Palace by
Bolshevik forces was the official milestone of the
October Revolution.
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