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Military Gallery of the Winter Palace

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was posted in 1912 to stand night-time guard in the Military Gallery. He describes the experience as an eerie one, standing under the rows of portraits in the "huge hall" lit only by a single bulb over a cluster of banners. The isolation of the solitary sentry was emphasized by the two to three
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and constructed from June to November 1826. It replaced several small rooms in the middle of the main block of the Winter Palace - between the White Throne Hall and the Greater Throne Hall, just a few steps from the
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minutes that footsteps could be heard down halls and corridors before the replacement guard arrived in the gallery.
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in 1837. The fire burned slowly and Dawe's portraits were saved from the flames. The architect
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hall in which the gallery is accommodated was designed by architect
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Plan showing the location of the Military Gallery within the palace
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Portrait gallery in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg, Russia
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era, the gallery collection was enhanced by four portraits of
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List of Russian commanders in the Patriotic War of 1812
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Index


Winter Palace
Grigory Chernetsov
Russian
Winter Palace
Saint Petersburg
Russia
generals
Patriotic War of 1812
George Dawe
Alexander Polyakov
serf
Wilhelm August Golicke
barrel-vaulted
Carlo Rossi
palace church

destroyed by fire
Vasily Stasov
Nicholas Cavalry College
ru
Vladimir Littauer
Soviet
Palace Grenadiers
Peter von Hess
Hermitage Museum
Pushkin Museum
Alexander I of Russia
Alexander I of Russia
Francis II of Austria

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