Upon entering the New Orleans Country Club for the Alexis Imperial Reception, guests were immediately struck by the decidedly Russian ambiance: the area around the fireplace was centered with a ...

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 ...

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, ...

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.

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.

Catherine the Great founded the Hermitage Museum in 1764 as a place to house her private art collection. The main museum complex comprises six buildings, including the Winter Palace, which was the ...