The collection of the State Hermitage includes more than three million works of
art and artefacts of the world culture.
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The General Staff building was designed by Carlo Rossi, an outstanding
architect of the Russian Classicism style.
The Winter Palace of Peter the Great is a unique architectural monument of the
first quarter of the 18th century.
The Menshikov Palace, situated on the University Embankment of Vasilyevsky
Island, was built to the order of the first governor of St Petersburg and close associate of Peter
I, Alexander Menshikov.
The Hermitage Theatre is one of the oldest in St. Petersburg and in Russia. It
was constructed by the architect by order of Catherine the Great in 1783-1789 on the site of the
former Winter Palace of Peter the Great.
In the Hermitage architectural ensemble, the Small Hermitage is a link between
the magnificent Baroque building of the Winter Palace and the splendid constructions of the age of
Classicism - the Great Hermitage and the New Hermitage.
Magic Mechanisms in the Hermitage Museum