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3 unusual facts about Palace Square


Palace Bridge

It is actually composed of five spans, the southernmost joining Palace Embankment between Winter Palace and Admiralty and leading to Palace Square.

Vladimir Gustov

In August 1991, the group opens a concert, "Rock against Tanks" on the Palace Square in Leningrad.

Yury Annenkov

Later that year, Annenkov staged and designed another mass show, The Storming of the Winter Palace, part of the October Revolution anniversary celebrations in Palace Square, Petrograd.


Paul McCartney in Red Square

It is composed of footage taken during his concerts in Moscow's Red Square and St Petersburg's Palace Square.


see also

Schloßplatz

Schloßplatz or Schlossplatz is a German language word meaning "Palace Square" or "Castle Square".