Winter Palace
Who ordered the building of Winter palace?
Empress Elizaveta Petrovna
What was on the place of Dvortsovaya square in 1705?
Morskoy market
The person who connected all the buildings with an arch.
Karl Rossi
Where did the arcitect take stones?
In Finland
Who built the palace?
Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli
What colour were the buildings on the square in 1917?
Red
Who made the statues on the arch?
Pimenov and Demut-Malinovskiy
Who made the column?
O. Montferrand
The Winter Palace was built in ... (style)
Baroque
Who did a new plan of St. Petersburg after a fire in 1761?
Aleksei Kvasov
What ministries were there in the eastern building?
Financial ministry and Ministry of Internal Affairs
How long did people install the column?
40 minutes
When was it declared as a museum?
In 1917
How did Peter III deal with the trash on the square after building of the palace?
He told the citizens that they can take anything they want for free.
What is the length of the facade?
530 metres
How high is the column?
47,5 metres
What did the architect give to each facade?
different structural rhythm
What is Karousel?
A knight tournament.
The General Staff Building's arch was built in honour of...
War in 1812
What is unusual about the column?
It stands using its own weight