Russian Empire
| Image | Name | Location | First owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peterhof Palace | Peterhof Russia |
Peter I of Russia | |
| Catherine Palace | Pushkin Russia |
Empress Elisabeth | |
| Oranienbaum Palace | Lomonosov Russia |
Alexander Menshikov | |
| Strelna Palace | Strelna Russia |
Peter I of Russia | |
| Vorontsov Palace | Saint Petersburg Russia |
Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov | |
| Catherinethal Palace | Tallinn Estonia |
Peter I of Russia | |
| Kikin Palace | Saint Petersburg Russia |
Alexander Kikin | |
| Mariyinsky Palace | Kiev Ukraine |
Empress Elisabeth | |
| Chinese Palace | Lomonosov Russia |
Catherine II of Russia | |
| Catherine Palace | Moscow Russia |
Catherine II of Russia | |
| Winter Palace | Saint Petersburg Russia |
Empress Elisabeth | |
(destroyed) |
Saint Petersburg Russia |
Empress Elisabeth | |
| Menshikov Palace | Saint Petersburg Russia |
Alexander Menshikov | |
| Stroganov Palace | Saint Petersburg Russia |
Stroganov family | |
| Sheremetev Palace | Saint Petersburg Russia |
Pyotr Sheremetev |
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Famous quotes containing the words russian and/or empire:
“To be born in a new country one has to die in the motherland.”
—Irina Mogilevskaya, Russian student. “Immigrating to the U.S.,” student paper in an English as a Second Language class, Hunter College, 1995.
“To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers, but extremely fit for a nation that is governed by shopkeepers.”
—Adam Smith (1723–1790)