Petersburg
Hermitage's home city
Petersburg is a common place name in the United States and elsewhere, typically honoring someone named Peter.
The most historically significant is St.
Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great.
In American history, Petersburg, Virginia was the site of a prolonged Civil War siege.
The Battle of Petersburg lasted nearly ten months.
Major Russian art institution
- canalsConstructed water passages
- Winter PalaceRussian imperial residence
- Dostoevsky19th-century Russian author
- PushkinEugene Onegin author
czarist · imperial · Catherine the Great · Peter the Great · revolution · Bolsheviks · Leningrad · blockade
Russian emperor, early 1700s
- foundingCreating an organization originally
- Catherine the GreatRussian empress, enlightenment era
- imperial capitalEmpire's central governing city
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
Bolsheviks · Leningrad · siege · blockade · WWII · Decembrists · czarist · dynasty
Excessively ornate or elaborate
- neoclassicalReviving ancient aesthetic principles
- palacesGrand royal residences
- HermitageMajor Russian art institution
- Winter PalaceRussian imperial residence
cathedrals · domes · facades · columns · spires · canals · bridges · gilded
Major Russian art institution
- balletClassical dance on pointe
- operaTheatrical art combining song
- Dostoevsky19th-century Russian author
- PushkinEugene Onegin author
Tchaikovsky · Rimsky-Korsakov · Stravinsky · philharmonic · literature · poetry · avant-garde · symphony
Countrymen fighting countrymen
- ConfederateSecessionist state supporter
- battlefieldsSites of military engagement
- craterImpact or volcanic basin
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
Grant · Lee · Appomattox · Union · trenches · railroad · Blandford · historic
Hermitage
Major Russian art institution
- canalsConstructed water passages
- Winter PalaceRussian imperial residence
- Dostoevsky19th-century Russian author
Pushkin · czarist · imperial · Catherine the Great · Peter the Great · revolution · Bolsheviks · Leningrad · blockade · siege
Peter the Great
Russian emperor, early 1700s
- foundingCreating an organization originally
- Catherine the GreatRussian empress, enlightenment era
- imperial capitalEmpire's central governing city
revolution · Bolsheviks · Leningrad · siege · blockade · WWII · Decembrists · czarist · dynasty · provisional government
baroque
Excessively ornate or elaborate
- neoclassicalReviving ancient aesthetic principles
- palacesGrand royal residences
- HermitageMajor Russian art institution
Winter Palace · cathedrals · domes · facades · columns · spires · canals · bridges · gilded · ornate
Hermitage
Major Russian art institution
- balletClassical dance on pointe
- operaTheatrical art combining song
- Dostoevsky19th-century Russian author
Pushkin · Tchaikovsky · Rimsky-Korsakov · Stravinsky · philharmonic · literature · poetry · avant-garde · symphony · conservatory
Civil War
Countrymen fighting countrymen
- ConfederateSecessionist state supporter
- battlefieldsSites of military engagement
- craterImpact or volcanic basin
siege · Grant · Lee · Appomattox · Union · trenches · railroad · Blandford · historic · antebellum
- Civil War FortsFort Sumter, Fort McHenry, Vicksburg, coastal forts, earthworks
- Virginia PlacesRichmond, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Arlington, Alexandria
- "-burg" citiesPittsburgh, Hamburg, Salzburg, Johannesburg, Strasbourg
- American BattlesGettysburg, Antietam, Bunker Hill, Yorktown, Lexington
- East CoastAtlantic coast, mid-Atlantic, Eastern Seaboard, New York City, NYC
- Southern TownsSavannah, Charleston, Natchez, New Orleans, Mobile
- St. PetersburgRussian Baltic port city
- Saint PetersburgMajor Russian Baltic port
- St PetersburgRussian Baltic port city