The main museum complex comprises six buildings, including the Winter Palace, which was the home of the czars for almost 200 years. It finally opened to the public in 1852, and since then has been ...

Its blend of traditional Russian architecture and Western European ... The main museum complex comprises six buildings, including the Winter Palace, which was the home of the czars for almost ...

Marvel at the grandeur of the Winter Palace, the golden domes of St. Isaac ... Experience the elegance and cultural richness of Russia’s imperial city from an unforgettable aerial perspective!

Then, in October, Vladimir Lenin's Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace and seize power, promising the Russian people a dictatorship of the proletariat and a new era of classless equality ...