Russia: More photos from 3/15/2017

Chandelier in the Winter Palace

Chandelier in the Winter Palace



White dining room, where the Bolsheviks took control of the provisional government in Red October 1917 at 2:10 a.m.



White dining room, where the Bolsheviks took control of the provisional government in Red October 1917 at 2:10 a.m.

View of the Strekla across the Neva River from the Hermitage

View of the Strekla across the Neva River from the Hermitage

Giraffe piano at the Hermitage

Giraffe piano at the Hermitage

Peter the Great's Tools

Peter the Great's Tools

Chandelier in the Winter Palace

Chandelier in the Winter Palace

Siberian felt carpet, 4th - 3rd century B.C.

Siberian felt carpet, 4th - 3rd century B.C.

Siberian wool pile carpet, 4th - 3rd century B.C.

Siberian wool pile carpet, 4th - 3rd century B.C.

2500 year old Siberian funeral chariot

2500 year old Siberian funeral chariot

Lunch at the Hermitage Cafe

Lunch at the Hermitage Cafe

Small Throne Room

Small Throne Room

Armorial hall

Armorial hall

Uniform in which Alexander II was assassinated by an explosive device

Uniform in which Alexander II was assassinated by an explosive device

Gallery of 1812

Gallery of 1812

Jan Fabre: I let myself drain (Dwarf) (I), 2007

Jan Fabre: I let myself drain (Dwarf) (I) - 2007

Lamentaton, 16th century stained glass. The detail is so amazing that you can even see droplets of blood on Jesus' forehead

Lamentaton, 16th century stained glass. The detail is so amazing that you can even see droplets of blood on Jesus' forehead

Rubens' Portrait of a Lady-in-Waiting to the Infanta Isabella

Rubens' Portrait of a Lady-in-Waiting to the Infanta Isabella

Da Vinci's The Madonna with a Flower (Benois Maadonna), 1478

Da Vinci's The Madonna with a Flower (Benois Maadonna), 1478

Jan Fabre: mosaics made with the wing cases of the jewel scarab beetle

Jan Fabre: mosaics made with the wing cases of the jewel scarab beetle

Hermitage: General Staff Building

Hermitage: General Staff Building

Hermitage: Winter Palace

Hermitage: Winter Palace

Jan Fabre: Me, dreaming, 1978

Jan Fabre: Me, dreaming, 1978

Degas: Seated Dancer

Degas: Seated Dancer

Renoir: Portrait of the Actress Jeanne Samary

Renoir: Portrait of the Actress Jeanne Samary

Gaugin: Piti Teina (Two Sisters)

Gaugin: Piti Teina (Two Sisters)

Van Gogh: Ladies of Arles (detail)

Van Gogh: Ladies of Arles (detail)

Matisse: Dance

Matisse: Dance

Picasso: Seated Nude, 1909

Picasso: Seated Nude, 1909

Peter the Great's uniform

Peter the Great's uniform

Rothschild Faberge Egg, 1902

Rothschild Faberge Egg, 1902

Artwork packaged to travel

Artwork packaged to travel

Alexander Column, Winter Palace

Alexander Column, Winter Palace

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