Author: jaunita28l
350th Anniversary of Peter the Great’s Birth: the permanent display of Russian Culture in the First Half of the 18th Century
The display is housed in the part of the Winter Palace overlooking the main courtyard that once contained the childhood rooms of Emperor Nicholas Is sons Konstantin, Nikolai and Mikhail. The Gazprom public joint-stock company acted as general sponsor for the creation of the new display.
The opening of the first phase of the display is timed to coincide with some notable anniversaries 300 years since the proclamation of the Russian Empire and also 300 years since the signing of the Treaty of Nystadt that brought the Northern War to an end and formally returned lands lost in previous ... Read more