The Palace Embankment or Palace Quay (Russian: Дворцовая набережная (Dvortsovaya Naberezhnaya)) is a street along the Neva River in Central Saint Petersburg which contains the complex of the Hermitage Museum buildings, including the Winter Palace, the Hermitage Theatre, the Marble Palace and the Summer Garden. River Neva (Нева́) is a 74 km long Russian river flowing from the Lake Ladoga (Ладожское Озеро - Ladozhskoye Ozero) through the Carelian Isthmus (Карельский Перешеек - Karelskii Peresheyek) and the city of Saint Petersburg (Санкт-Петербург - Sankt Peterburg) to the Gulf of Finland (Финский Залив - Finskii Zaliv). ... The Nevsky Prospekt. ... The State Hermitage Museum (Государственный Эрмитаж) in St. ... Located between the Palace Embankment and the Palace Square, the Winter Palace (Russian: Зимний Дворец) in St. ... Interior of the Hermitage Theatre. ... The Marble Palace is in North Calcutta and still residence of a family. ... The Summer Palace is the name of three Russian royal residences in St Petersburg, of which only one survives to the present. ...

The Hermitage Museum complex with the Winter Palace to the right.

The street was laid out between 1763 and 1767, when it used to be a preferred place of residence for the Russian Imperial Nobility. The street begins at the Palace Bridge, where the Admiralty Embankment becomes the Palace Embankment, and the street ends at the Fontanka, where it becomes the Kutuzov Embankment. Download high resolution version (1350x200, 51 KB)Vew of Hermitage Museum complex, St. ... Download high resolution version (1350x200, 51 KB)Vew of Hermitage Museum complex, St. ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1767 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Night view of Palace Bridge is one of the most familiar images of the Northern capital of Russia. ... Fontanka near the Anichkov Bridge Fontanka (in Russian, Фонтанка) is the left branch of the river Neva, which flows through the whole of St. ...

The Palace Embankment is a very popular street among tourists, as it has a wonderful view of the Neva; the Peter and Paul Fortress and the Vasilievsky Island. Many sightseeing boats are available for hire there. The Peter and Paul Fortress (Петропавловская крепость) is in St. ... Spit of the Vasilievsky island Vasilievsky Island is a district of Saint Petersburg, bordered by the rivers Bolshaya Neva and Malaya Neva (in the delta of Neva) from South and Northeast, and by the Gulf of Finland from the West. ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ...

Pushkin's associations

In his novel Eugene Onegin, Alexander Pushkin depicted himself walking along Palace Quay with his hero, Eugene Onegin: Eugene Onegin (Yevgeny Onegin, Евгений Онегин) is a novel in verse written by Aleksandr Pushkin. ... Aleksandr Pushkin was a Russian poet and a founder of modern Russian literature Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин) (June 6 (May 26, O.S.), 1799 - February 10 (January 29, O.S.), 1837), Russian author, whom many consider the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. ...

Pushkin's sketch representing himself and Onegin on Palace Quay.

For the first edition of this chapter, the poet commissioned an illustration depicting him and Onegin walking together along the quay. Upon receiving the illustration, which represented him leaning on a parapet with his back turned towards the Peter and Paul Fortress, he was exceedingly displeased with the result (which had little in common with his own preliminary sketch, illustrated to the right) and scribbled the following epigram underneath: An epigram is a short poem with a clever twist at the end or a concise and witty statement. ...

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