Winter Palace
former imperial palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Summary
Winter Palace is a palace[1]. It ranks in the top 0.88% of palace entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,809 views/month, #10 of 1,135).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Dvortsovy Municipal Okrug[3]
- Country: Russia[4], Russian Empire[5], Soviet Union[6]
- Instance of: museum building[7]
- Architect: Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli[8]
- Commissioned by: Peter the Great[9]
- Founder: Elizabeth I of Russia[10]
- Architectural style: Elizabethan Baroque[11]
- Part of: Hermitage Museum[12], historic centre of Saint Petersburg[13]
- Commons category: Winter Palace[14]
- Occupant: Hermitage Museum[15]
- Inception: 1754[16]
- Located on street: Palace Embankment[17]
- Located in/on physical feature: Second Admiral Island[18]
- Official website: http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Winter Palace[20]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[21], Otto's encyclopedia[22], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Winter Palace Research[24], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25]
- Heritage designation: federal cultural heritage site in Russia[26]
- Commons Institution page: Winter Palace[27]
- Date of official opening: 1762[28]
- Different from: Winter Palace of the Bogd Khan[29]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[30]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Winter Palace include Winter Canal[31], a canal[32], in Russia[33], founded in 1719[34].
Why It Matters
Winter Palace has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]
Entities named for it include Winter Canal[31], a canal[32], in Russia[33], founded in 1719[34].