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 ...

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 ...

For more information, visit the Gardens of Russian Museum website ... museum complex comprises six buildings, including the Winter Palace, which was the home of the czars for almost 200 years.

1917 Bolshevik revolutionaries storm the Winter Palace and seize control of power from the Provisional Government March 3, 1918 The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed, withdrawing Russia from the First ...

About 1,000 children, including orphans, children from large and foster families, as well as children of Belarusians abroad will take part in the celebrations this year. On 4 January, the Palace of ...