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The Hermitage State Museum of St. Petersburg in Russia holds the title of the largest museum in the world, and is located in the famous Dvortsovaya Ploschad (Palace Square), where a number of significant events from the history of the Russian Empire took place. The Hermitage State Museum is made of a series of different buildings. These are the Winter Palace, former residence of the Russian emperors; the buildings of the Small, Old (Great) and New Hermitages; the Hermitage Theatre; and the Auxiliary House. The Menshikov Palace, the Eastern Wing of the Staff building, the Staraya Derevnya Restoration, the Storage Centre, and the Imperial Porcelain Factory Museum, are also a part of the Hermitage Museum complex. The Hermitage holds more than 3 million works of ...

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