HIS 102
Unit 3: Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

Winter Palace

The Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia. This was the residence of Catherine the Great who had an on-again/off-again relationship with the philosophes. On the one hand, she corresponded with them and urged them to travel to Russia--Diderot did come for a while but then fled back to France--on the other hand, she implemented none of their enlightened ideas for Russia. See my materials on Catherine in HIS 241. The Winter Palace is now part of the Hermitage Museum.

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