winter palace is located in russia precisely in saint-peterseburg city which restored palace is part of complex of building which accommodate Hermitage Museum. Situated between Palace Embankment and Palace Square, adjacent to the original Peter the Great Winter Palace location, the now and fourth Winter Palace was built and changed almost continuously between the late 1730s and 1837, when badly damaged by fire. and immediately rebuilt. The raid of the palace in 1917 as depicted in Soviet paintings and Eisenstein's film in October 1927 became the iconic symbol of the Russian Revolution.
the palace was built to reflect the strength of Russia From the palace, control over 22.4 million square kilometers (8,600,000 sq mi) (almost 1/6 of Earth's land) and over 125 million subjects by the end of the 19th century
the newly appointed palace architect who will host the famous baroque in Russia, to create a new, larger palace in this location. Done in 1735, the third Winter Palace served only 17 years before Rastrelli was asked again, this time by Queen Elizabeth (Elizaveta Petrovna), to expand the building. After two years of proposing different plans to match the existing buildings, Rastrelli finally decided to completely rebuild the palace, and his new design was confirmed by the empress in 1754
he design for the exterior of the building remains virtually unchanged to this day. The building forms a square with an interior courtyard accessed through three arches overlooking Palace Square. The richly decorated facade features two beautifully decorated levels of ionic columns, and the building's parapets are adorned with sculptures and vases.
Inside the Winter Palace, continuous improvements and revisions were made to the interior throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. In the 1780s and 1790s, Giacomo Quarenghi and Ivan Starov created a new enfilade of country rooms overlooking the Neva River
this is the view from the top of winter palace
and beautiful scenery and pamper the eyes at night
In December 1837, a fire broke out at the Winter Palace, destroying almost all the inside of the palace and was only prevented from spreading to the priceless art collection of the Hermitage with the destruction of the previous three sections leading between the two buildings.
the royal leader ordered that the decor be completed within a year with enormous effort made within one year until as usual without any traces of fire
Alexander II is the last of the Tsars to actually use the Winter Palace as its primary residence. After his assassination in 1881, it became clear that the palace was too big to be secured properly (the first attempt of his life the previous year was a bomb that destroyed several rooms in the palace and killed 11 guards). Alexander III and Nicholas II both set up their family residence in the suburban palace, the first in Gatchina and the last at Alexander's palace in Tsarskoye Selo. Nevertheless, the Winter Palace is still used for formal ceremonies and receptions. The spectacular masked ball commemorating the anniversary of Tsarist rule Alexey Mikhailovich (1646-1676), the second Romanov Tsar, held in 1903 was the last major event hosted by the Imperial family at the Winter Palace.
and also add imperial eagle on the gate winter palace
how not to say very luxurious, you can see it yourself on the stairs and the hall contained in the palace
