St George's Hall and Apollo Room of the Winter Palace

St George's Hall, the principal throne room of the Tsars of Russia, watercolour by Konstantin Ukhtomsky (1862).
St George's Hall (13), 1906: The throne draped and flanked by the Imperial Romanov regalia, the Imperial family (upper left of the image) and the First State Duma await the arrival of the Tsar. "The workmen....looked as though they hated us."[1]
Location of st George's Hall and the Apollo Room within the palace.

St George's Hall (also referred to as the Great Throne Room) is one of the largest state rooms in the Winter Palace, St Petersburg. It is located on the eastern side of the palace, and connected to The Hermitage by the smaller Apollo Room.

  1. ^ The words of the Tsar's sister Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, who was present at the opening of the 1st State Duma in 1906. Vorres, p.121.