Zimnii dvorets: Ot imperatorskoi rezidentsii do Kavshkoly Osoaviakhima (The Winter Palace: From the residence of the Russian emperors to the Cavalry School of the Osoaviakhim)
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2014. In this Hermitage monograph the author uses written and visual documents to study how the vagaries of twentieth-century Russian history affected the Winter Palace as an architectural masterpiece; as the seat of imperial government; as the residence of emperors and empresses; and as the site of great art collections. It presents the years of revolution and new regimes from the point of view of those who were overseeing the palace and collections, masterpieces of architecture and art formed by the imperial family over two centuries then in a few years ravaged by two revolutions, including a storming of the palace, abdication of one regime, installation and dissolution of the provisional government, establishment of the communist state, renunciation of the imperial past, its symbols and material heritage. Also described is the way Palace Square outside the Winter Palace became the site of socialist demonstrations and parades. Documents from the Hermitage’s archives underpin the history and convey the sense that the great cultural institution had many perilous moments. Paintings, drawings, prints, and archival photos. 413 p., 25 cm, approx. 300 color and b/w illus., Rus. with title page and summary in ENGLISH. Item #256
ISBN: 9785935725679
Beginning with events in the imperial palace, such as the costume ball of 1903, and ending with debates of the 1930s about what to do with the Winter Palace as a relic of tsarist rule, this chronicle seeks to establish a framework of fact that can attest to or refute legends and myths.
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