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 ...

Built in the 1750s, the Winter Palace currently houses part of the ... is still reportedly an issue in Russia, as is discrimination against LGBTQ individuals. Government officials warn against ...

Wotton Auction Rooms 'Bolsheviks Storming the Winter Palace' is one of the large paintings for sale As well as the life-size portrait of Lenin, there is a scene of 'Bolsheviks Storming the Winter ...

The Tsar's armies have grown increasingly demoralized and disaffected fighting in the First World War: Russia has been bleeding ... Lenin's Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace and seize power ...