🇷🇺Russia, Saint Petersburg, Hermitage Museum

The formation of the Hermitage collections originates from private collections of works of art that were acquired by the Russian Empress Catherine II.
Initially, the collections were housed in a separate palace building, which was erected starting in 1764 by decree of Catherine II next to the Winter Palace, and was used for personal needs and a narrow circle of the Empress.
This building was called "Hermitage" - from the French "ermitage" - a place of solitude, a cell, a hermit's shelter. It was from this building that the name of the entire Hermitage museum was fixed. Now the building is a Small Hermitage.

By 1842, the collection had grown so much that it had little space in existing buildings, and, by decree of Nicholas I, a new separate building was erected - now the New Hermitage.

Today, the State Hermitage Museum is one of the largest and most visited museums in the world.

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