After Napoleon's invasion of Russia, the Winter Palace became a scene of military parades and ceremonies, some involving 100,000 soldiers or more. In the 1800s, Nicholas I, ...

A palace that symbolizes 'all that is Russian' On Dec. 17, 1837, a fire broke out at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. Now the site of the famous State Hermitage Museum, back then it served as ...

A century ago, the radical Bolshevik party captured Petrograd (now St. Petersburg), thus beginning the 70-year period of Communist rule in Russia. The Winter Palace, the very symbol of royal power ...

The Winter Palace housed Russia’s bloodiest rulers, from the cruel Catherine the Great to the maniacal Paul I, but few people know its even darker history.

Known as Stone Palace on the Hill, the sublime estate, valued at nearly $30 million, will be up for auction July 23-26. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip Featured ...

Hermitage Museum and the Winter Palace is ranked #1 out of 18 things to do in St. Petersburg. See pictures and our review of Hermitage Museum and the Winter Palace.

SYNOPSIS. A former Ambassador of France to Russia, ... a ghost had been seen in one of the corridors of the Winter Palace. While the Ambassador is calling on the Princess Nestikoff, ...