Hence, the Winter Palace: a giant work of beauty meant to leave foreign diplomats and Russian nobles awestruck (and, occasionally, intimidated) by the tsar's power. Over time, however, the tsars ...

Hermitage Museum and the Winter Palace is ranked #1 out of 18 things to do in St. Petersburg. ... The church's name references this murder and much of the art inside has a martyrdom theme.

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.

A century ago, the radical Bolshevik party captured Petrograd (now St. Petersburg), thus beginning the 70-year period of Communist rule in Russia. The Winter Palace, the very symbol of royal power ...

Civil war ravages the countryside, but inside the city walls of Halamshiral's Winter Palace, Dragon Age: Inquisition's nobles gather, apparently unperturbed by the chaos. The role-playing game’s ...

Inside the exclusive Badrutt's Palace, the glamorous, ... They arrived that winter season, and very much appreciated their time there—and with that, say hello to winter tourism.