Winter Palace

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The Winter Palace is a grand former imperial residence in Saint Petersburg, Russia, renowned for its baroque architecture and central role in Russian history and now forming part of the State Hermitage Museum complex.


Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former royal residence
museum building
palace
architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli
architecturalStyle Baroque
Elizabethan Baroque
country Russia
currentUse exhibition space of the State Hermitage Museum
museum galleries
endDateOfConstruction 1762
faces Palace Square
formerFunction imperial residence
official residence of the Russian emperors
hasCollectionType decorative arts
fine art
historical artifacts
hasColor gold
green
white
hasPart Jordan Staircase
Malachite Room
Nicholas Hall
Palace Square
surface form: "Palace Square façade"

St George Hall
Throne Room
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments
locatedIn Palace Embankment
St. Petersburg
surface form: "Saint Petersburg"
locatedInTimeZone UTC+3
locatedOn Neva River
material stone
near Admiralty building
Alexander Column
General Staff Building
numberOfFloors 3
operator Hermitage Museum
surface form: "State Hermitage Museum"
ownedBy Russia
surface form: "Russian Federation"
partOf Hermitage Museum
surface form: "State Hermitage Museum"
reconstructedBy Alexander Briullov
Vasily Stasov
restorationAfter fire of 1837
significantEvent Bloody Sunday (1905)
surface form: "Bloody Sunday 1905 (processions approaching the palace)"

Russian Revolution
surface form: "February Revolution of 1917"

Russian Revolution
surface form: "October Revolution of 1917"

fire of 1837
storming of the Winter Palace
startDateOfConstruction 1754
usedBy House of Romanov
Russian Empire

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palace Square borderedBy Winter Palace
subject surface form: "Elizabeth of Russia"
this entity surface form: "Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg"
Small Hermitage connectsWith Winter Palace
this entity surface form: "Old Hermitage"
Small Hermitage connectsWith Winter Palace
this entity surface form: "New Hermitage"
Small Hermitage connectsWith Winter Palace
Alexander II of Russia deathPlace Winter Palace
Auguste de Montferrand designed Winter Palace
this entity surface form: "Interiors of the Winter Palace"
General Staff Building facing Winter Palace
Leningrad hasCulturalHeritage Winter Palace
Palace Embankment hasLandmark Winter Palace
Palace Embankment hasLandmark Winter Palace
this entity surface form: "New Hermitage"
Hermitage Museum hasPart Winter Palace
Peter and Paul Fortress hasViewOf Winter Palace
Zayachy Island hasViewOf Winter Palace
Admiralty building locatedNear Winter Palace
Millionnaya Street locatedNear Winter Palace
Bloody Sunday (1905) location Winter Palace
Palace Square namedAfter Winter Palace
Admiralty Embankment near Winter Palace
Alexander Column near Winter Palace
Palace Bridge near Winter Palace
Auguste de Montferrand notableWork Winter Palace
this entity surface form: "Interiors of the Winter Palace"
Bartolomeo Rastrelli notableWork Winter Palace
Small Hermitage partOf Winter Palace
this entity surface form: "Winter Palace and Hermitage ensemble"
Amber Room relocatedTo Winter Palace
Alix of Hesse and by Rhine residence Winter Palace
Anna of Russia residence Winter Palace
Catherine II of Russia residence Winter Palace
Emperor of All the Russias residence Winter Palace
Grand Duke of Finland residence Winter Palace
this entity surface form: "Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg"
Olga Nikolaevna of Russia residence Winter Palace
this entity surface form: "Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg"
this entity surface form: "Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg"
Tsar of Russia residence Winter Palace
Empress of Russia seatOfPower Winter Palace