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The Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg

Author : Militsa Filipovna Korshunova
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782909838137
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book The Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg written by Militsa Filipovna Korshunova and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tsar Nicholas I commissioned 128 delightful watercolors depicting views and interiors of the private and state apartments of the Winter Palace, the main imperial residence of Saint Petersburg. These watercolors together make up one of the jewels of the collections of the Hermitage Museum. Of immense documentary value, they are also - with their crystalline clarity and their irresistible elegance - dazzling examples of the graphic art of the nineteenth century. Immortalizing as they do the splendor of the first palace of the Russian sovereigns, they are of immeasurably greater interest than other works of decorative art of this type. In a technical tour de force, these artists contrived to depict space in such a way that their paintings present a broader perspective than could normally be taken in by the naked eye.

The Winter Palace and the People

Author : Susan McCaffray
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1609092473
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Winter Palace and the People written by Susan McCaffray and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-21 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Petersburg's Winter Palace was once the supreme architectural symbol of Russia's autocratic government. Over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, it became the architectural symbol of St. Petersburg itself. The story of the palace illuminates the changing relationship between monarchs and their capital city during the last century and a half of Russian monarchy. In The Winter Palace and the People, Susan McCaffray examines interactions among those who helped to stage the ceremonial drama of monarchy, those who consumed the spectacle, and the monarchs themselves. In the face of a changing social landscape in their rapidly growing nineteenth-century capital, Russian monarchs reoriented their display of imperial and national representation away from courtiers and toward the urban public. When attacked at mid-century, monarchs retreated from the palace. As they receded, the public claimed the square and the artistic treasures in the Imperial Hermitage before claiming the palace itself. By 1917, the Winter Palace had come to be the essential stage for representing not just monarchy, but the civic life of the empire-nation. What was cataclysmic for the monarchy presented to those who staffed the palace and Hermitage not a disaster, but a new mission, as a public space created jointly by monarch and city passed from the one to the other. This insightful study will appeal to scholars of Russia and general readers interested in Russian history.

Grand and Private Rooms of the Winter Palace

Author : Tatyana Sonina
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9785912084133
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book Grand and Private Rooms of the Winter Palace written by Tatyana Sonina and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning volume presenting the history of the Winter Palace. The Winter Palace is connected with the life of Russia and Saint Petersburg for more than 250 years. Externally the Palace has remained true to the original design, however its interior has been updated numerous times for the royal family members'needs, status, and artistic tastes. These changes are reflected in splendid illustrations, primarily from the State Hermitage collection. This richly illustrated book will let you both walk along the halls of bygone epochs and become acquainted with the Palace's modern life and it's magnificent art collection

Palaces in Saint Petersburg

Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : University-Press.org
ISBN 13 : 9781230485591
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Palaces in Saint Petersburg written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Winter Palace, Pavlovsk Palace, Neva Enfilade of the Winter Palace, Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace, Stroganov Palace, Strelna, Ice palace, Saint Michael's Castle, Marble Palace, Tauride Palace, Anichkov Palace, Moika Palace, Mariinsky Palace, Vorontsov Palace, Vladimir Palace, Yelagin Palace, Summer Palace of Peter the Great, Nicholas Palace, Menshikov Palace, Kamenny Island Palace, Kikin Palace, Mikhaylovsky Palace. Excerpt: The Winter Palace (Russian: ) in Saint Petersburg, Russia, was, from 1732 to 1917, the official residence of the Russian monarchs. Situated between the Palace Embankment and the Palace Square, adjacent to the site of Peter the Great's original Winter Palace, the present and fourth Winter Palace was built and altered almost continuously between the late 1730s and 1837, when it was severely damaged by fire and immediately rebuilt. The storming of the palace in 1917 became an iconic symbol of the Russian Revolution. The palace was constructed on a monumental scale that was intended to reflect the might and power of Imperial Russia. From the palace, the Tsar ruled over 22,400,000 square kilometres (8,600,000 sq mi) (almost 1/6 of the Earth's landmass) and over 125 million subjects by the end of the 19th century. It was designed by many architects, most notably Bartolomeo Rastrelli, in what came to be known as the Elizabethan Baroque style. The green-and-white palace has the shape of an elongated rectangle, and its principal facade is 250 m long and 100 ft (30 m) high. The Winter Palace has been calculated to contain 1,786 doors, 1,945 windows, 1,500 rooms and 117 staircases. The rebuilding of 1837 left the exterior unchanged, but large parts of the interior were redesigned in a variety of tastes and styles, leading the palace to be described as a "19th-century palace inspired by a model in Rococo...

The Winter Palace

Author : Eva Stachniak
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1446487245
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (464 download)

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Download or read book The Winter Palace written by Eva Stachniak and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-01-19 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Vavara, a young Polish orphan, arrives at the glittering, dangerous court of the Empress Elizabeth in St Petersburg, she is schooled in skills ranging from lock-picking to love-making, learning above all else to stay silent - and listen. Then Sophie, a vulnerable young princess, arrives from Prussia as a prospective bride for the Empress's heir. Set to spy on her, Vavara soon becomes her friend and confidante, and helps her navigate the illicit liaisons and the treacherous shifting allegiances of the court. But Sophie's destiny is to become the notorious Catherine the Great. Are her ambitions more lofty and far-reaching than anyone suspected, and will she stop at nothing to achieve absolute power?

Free Russia

Author : William Hepworth Dixon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Free Russia written by William Hepworth Dixon and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Visit to St. Petersburg, in the Winter of 1829-30

Author : Thomas Raikes
Publisher : London, Richard Bentley
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book A Visit to St. Petersburg, in the Winter of 1829-30 written by Thomas Raikes and published by London, Richard Bentley. This book was released on 1838 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Winter Palace and the People

Author : Susan Purves McCaffray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780875807928
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book The Winter Palace and the People written by Susan Purves McCaffray and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Petersburg's Winter Palace was once the supreme architectural symbol of Russia's autocratic government. Over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, it became the architectural symbol of St. Petersburg itself. The story of the palace illuminates the changing relationship between monarchs and their capital city during the last century and a half of Russian monarchy. In The Winter Palace and the People, Susan McCaffray examines interactions among those who helped to stage the ceremonial drama of monarchy, those who consumed the spectacle, and the monarchs themselves. In the face of a changing social landscape in their rapidly growing nineteenth-century capital, Russian monarchs reoriented their display of imperial and national representation away from courtiers and toward the urban public. When attacked at mid-century, monarchs retreated from the palace. As they receded, the public claimed the square and the artistic treasures in the Imperial Hermitage before claiming the palace itself. By 1917, the Winter Palace had come to be the essential stage for representing not just monarchy, but the civic life of the empire-nation. What was cataclysmic for the monarchy presented to those who staffed the palace and Hermitage not a disaster, but a new mission, as a public space created jointly by monarch and city passed from the one to the other. This insightful study will appeal to scholars of Russia and general readers interested in Russian history.

Palaces in Russia

Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : University-Press.org
ISBN 13 : 9781230580746
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book Palaces in Russia written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 66. Chapters: Winter Palace, Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg, Pavlovsk Palace, Battle of the palaces, Moscow Kremlin, Peterhof Palace, Ostankino Palace, Catherine Palace, Alexander Palace, Petergof, Kuskovo, Brattsevo, Ropsha, Tsarskoye Selo, Alferaki Palace, Kolomenskoye, Presidential Palace, Grozny, Pella Palace, Grand Kremlin Palace, Gatchina Palace, Peterhof Grand Palace, Vlakhernskoye-Kuzminki, Polibino, Lipetsk Oblast, Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments, Catherinehof, State Kremlin Palace, Tsarina Golden Palace, Oranienbaum, Russia, Alexander I Palace, Terem Palace, Grebnevo, Rastorguyev-Kharitonov Palace, Palace of Facets, Amusement Palace, Priory Palace. Excerpt: The Winter Palace (Russian: ) in Saint Petersburg, Russia, was, from 1732 to 1917, the official residence of the Russian monarchs. Situated between the Palace Embankment and the Palace Square, adjacent to the site of Peter the Great's original Winter Palace, the present and fourth Winter Palace was built and altered almost continuously between the late 1730s and 1837, when it was severely damaged by fire and immediately rebuilt. The storming of the palace in 1917 became an iconic symbol of the Russian Revolution. The palace was constructed on a monumental scale that was intended to reflect the might and power of Imperial Russia. From the palace, the Tsar ruled over 22,400,000 square kilometres (8,600,000 sq mi) (almost 1/6 of the Earth's landmass) and over 125 million subjects by the end of the 19th century. It was designed by many architects, most notably Bartolomeo Rastrelli, in what came to be known as the Elizabethan Baroque style. The green-and-white palace has the shape of an elongated rectangle, and its principal facade is 250 m long and 100 ft (30 m) high. The Winter Palace has been calculated to contain 1,786 doors, 1,945...

The City of the Czar

Author : Thomas Raikes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book The City of the Czar written by Thomas Raikes and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

St. Petersburg

Author : Jeremy Howard
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 9781426200502
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book St. Petersburg written by Jeremy Howard and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These information-packed guides offer savvy advice and the in-depth information that sophisticated travelers demand. Each guide features: Detailed background and site descriptions; mapped walking and driving tours; full-service sidebars with fascinating vignettes on history, culture, and contemporary life; a 60-page directory of visitor information, including notable hotels and restaurants, entertainment, and shopping; and foldout end flaps, printed with maps and quick reference information, that serve as handy bookmarks.

The Shadow Of The Winter Palace

Author : Edward Crankshaw
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 9780306809408
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The Shadow Of The Winter Palace written by Edward Crankshaw and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2000-04-07 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exactly 175 years ago, on the Senate Square in St. Petersburg, a failed uprising ignited a process that would, one red October, finally sweep the autocracy away. The Shadow of the Winter Palace recounts an extraordinary century of Russian history, a politically tempestuous time that was also a Golden Age of intellectual and artistic achievement—the century of Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, of Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky. A master stylist and a distinguished historian, Edward Crankshaw limns dazzling portraits of the czars, the revolutionaries, and a host of other unforgettable characters—and provides a riveting, sweeping history "jam-packed with information about the past and implications for the present"(Atlantic Monthly).

The Hermitage

Author : Mikhail Piotrovksy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9785900530741
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The Hermitage written by Mikhail Piotrovksy and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Valse Des Fleurs

Author : Sacheverell Sitwell
Publisher : London : Faber
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Valse Des Fleurs written by Sacheverell Sitwell and published by London : Faber. This book was released on 1941 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

St. Petersburg

Author : Dmitriĭ Olegovich Shvidkovskiĭ
Publisher : Abbeville Press
ISBN 13 : 0789202174
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book St. Petersburg written by Dmitriĭ Olegovich Shvidkovskiĭ and published by Abbeville Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before becoming a city, St. Petersburg was a utopian vision in the mind of its founder, Peter the Great. Conceived by him as Russia's "window to the West," it evolved into a remarkably harmonious assemblage of baroque, rococo, neoclassical, and art nouveau buildings that reflect his taste and that of his successors, including Anna I, Elizabeth I, Catherine the Great, and Paul I. Crisscrossed by rivers and canals, this "Venice of the North," as Goethe dubbed it, is of unique beauty. Never before has that beauty been captured as eloquently as on the pages of this sumptuous volume. From the stately mansions lining the fabled Nevsky Prospekt to the magnificent palaces of the tsars on the outskirts of the city, including Peterhof, Tsarskoe Selo, Oranienbaum, Gatchina, and Pavlovsk, photographer Alexander Orloff's portrait of St. Petersburg does full justice to the vision of its founder and namesake. The text, by art historian Dmitri Shvidkovsky, chronicles the history of the city's planning and construction from Peter the Great's time to the reign of the last tsar, Nicholas II. Anyone who has ever visited--or dreamed of visiting--the city of "white nights" will find St. Petersburg irresistible.

Bartolomeo Rastrelli Buildings

Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : University-Press.Org
ISBN 13 : 9781230516523
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Bartolomeo Rastrelli Buildings written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.Org. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Winter Palace, St Andrew's Church, Kiev, Peterhof Palace, Catherine Palace, Petergof, Stroganov Palace, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Smolny Convent, Peterhof Grand Palace, Jelgava Palace, Vorontsov Palace, Mariyinsky Palace, Rund le Palace, Summer Palace. Excerpt: The Winter Palace (Russian: ) in Saint Petersburg, Russia, was, from 1732 to 1917, the official residence of the Russian monarchs. Situated between the Palace Embankment and the Palace Square, adjacent to the site of Peter the Great's original Winter Palace, the present and fourth Winter Palace was built and altered almost continuously between the late 1730s and 1837, when it was severely damaged by fire and immediately rebuilt. The storming of the palace in 1917 became an iconic symbol of the Russian Revolution. The palace was constructed on a monumental scale that was intended to reflect the might and power of Imperial Russia. From the palace, the Tsar ruled over 22,400,000 square kilometres (8,600,000 sq mi) (almost 1/6 of the Earth's landmass) and over 125 million subjects by the end of the 19th century. It was designed by many architects, most notably Bartolomeo Rastrelli, in what came to be known as the Elizabethan Baroque style. The green-and-white palace has the shape of an elongated rectangle, and its principal facade is 250 m long and 100 ft (30 m) high. The Winter Palace has been calculated to contain 1,786 doors, 1,945 windows, 1,500 rooms and 117 staircases. The rebuilding of 1837 left the exterior unchanged, but large parts of the interior were redesigned in a variety of tastes and styles, leading the palace to be described as a "19th-century palace inspired by a model in Rococo style." In 1905, the palace was the scene of the Bloody Sunday massacre, but by this time the Imperial Family had chosen to live in the more secure and secluded...

Exploring Saint Petersburg: The Hermitage

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (489 download)

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Download or read book Exploring Saint Petersburg: The Hermitage written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: InterKnowledge Corporation presents information about the Hermitage museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The Hermitage has a collection of over three million works and is housed in the Winter Palace. interKnowledge also discusses the Russian Museum, which specializes in late 19th and early 20th century Russian works.