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St. Petersburg—Russia’s “Window on Europe”Awake!—2003 | August 22
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By 1710 construction began on the Summer Palace, a summer home for the czars.
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St. Petersburg—Russia’s “Window on Europe”Awake!—2003 | August 22
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The city’s first stone palace, still preserved, was finished in 1714. It was built for the city’s first governor, Aleksandr Menshikov.
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St. Petersburg—Russia’s “Window on Europe”Awake!—2003 | August 22
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The Winter Palace on the Neva River was also built, and it was rebuilt several times. Later the present Winter Palace of some 1,100 rooms was built. This grand palace has become the city’s center and home to the famous Hermitage, the State museum.
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St. Petersburg—Russia’s “Window on Europe”Awake!—2003 | August 22
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Work on the Great Palace, a residence for Peter, was begun in 1714 in Peterhof, now Petrodvorets. Meanwhile, in the nearby town of Tsarskoe Selo, now called Pushkin, the lavish Catherine Palace for Peter’s wife was built. In the latter part of the same century, two grand palaces were constructed in the two southern suburbs, Pavlovsk and Gatchina.
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St. Petersburg—Russia’s “Window on Europe”Awake!—2003 | August 22
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The Winter Palace on the Neva River, now home of the Hermitage museum (interior at far right)
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The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
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The Great Palace
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