The Winter Palace,St. Petersburg

 

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The Winter Palace

    The Winter Palace is a former imperial palace in the heart of St. Petersburg, built from 1754 to 1762 at the request of Empress Elisabeth, daughter of Peter the Great.

    Comparing the architecture of the Winter Palace with the buildings of the beginning of the century, one can see how much the artistic tastes had evolved by the middle of the XVIII century.

    The dimensions are quite different. At the beginning, the Winter Palace had 1,050 rooms, 117 staircases, 1,886 doors and 1,945 windows. The cornice around the palace is almost two kilometers long! What a difference with the modest homes of Tsar Peter I and his courtiers. 

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• Clock on Central Telegraph Office, Moscow

Country:
    Russia
Series:
    Science and Technology - Clocks
Themes:
    Architecture | Bridges
Issued on:
    2011-08-15
    
    

• Pochtamtsky Bridge across Moika River, St. Petersburg

Country:
    Russia
Series:
    Architectural Structures - Pedestrian Bridges
Themes:
    Architecture | Bridges
Issued on:
    2011-08-15
    
 

• Rostov Kremlin

Country:
    Russia
Series:
    6th Definitive Issue of Russian Federation
Themes:
    City Walls | Fortresses / Strongholds | Townscapes / City Views
Issued on:
    2014-01-24
    

• Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Country:
    Russia
Series:
    5th Definitive Issue of Russian Federation
Themes:
    Animals (Fauna) | Foxes | Mammals
Issued on:
    2008-08-29