The Winter Palace. Ages and Styles

In the early 19th century splendid ensembles of the official and and private rooms of the Winter Palace were constructed from the designs of the famous architects Carlo Rossi and Auguste Montferrand

The fire of 1837 destroyed the Winter Palace almost to the ground with only burnt framework left. The architects Vasily Stasov and Alexander Bryullov were commissioned to restore the Winter Palace

In the late 19th century the architects Alexander Bryullov and Andrei Stakenschneider created in the building of the Winter Palace the interiors notable for variety of architectural forms and comfort