General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg

building on Palace Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg

Summary

General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg is a building[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg is located in Saint Petersburg[3].
  • General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg is in the country of Russia[4].
  • General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg's instance of is recorded as building[5].
  • General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg's instance of is recorded as tourist attraction[6].
  • General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg's architect is recorded as Carlo Rossi[7].
  • General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg's architectural style is recorded as Classicism[8].
  • General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg took place at Palace Square[9].
  • The location of General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg was Hermitage Museum[10].
  • General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg is part of Hermitage Museum[11].
  • General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg is part of historic centre of Saint Petersburg[12].
  • General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg's Commons category is recorded as Building of the General Staff[13].
  • General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg's occupant is recorded as Hermitage Museum[14].
  • General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg's occupant is recorded as Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russian Empire)[15].
  • General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg's occupant is recorded as Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire[16].
  • General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg comprises Alfred Sisley and Camille Pissaro room - 406[17].
  • General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 59.9381, 'lon': 30.3172}[18].
  • General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg's official website is recorded as http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/explore/buildings/locations/building/B60/?lng=ru[19].
  • General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg's time of earliest written record is recorded as 1819[20].
  • General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg's heritage designation is recorded as federal cultural heritage site in Russia[21].
  • General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg's category for the interior of the item is recorded as Category:Interior of the Building of the General Staff[22].

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Geography

General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg is in the country of Russia[4]. It is located in Saint Petersburg[3]. Part of include Hermitage Museum[11], a museum of culture[23], in Russia[24], founded in 1764[25], headquartered in Winter Palace[26] and historic centre of Saint Petersburg[12], an old town[27], in Russia[28].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include building[5] and tourist attraction[6]. General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg's heritage designation is recorded as federal cultural heritage site in Russia[21].

Why It Matters

General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . ru-monuments.toolforge.org. ru-monuments.toolforge.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates
    Occupant Hermitage Museum, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russian Empire), Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Saint Petersburg
    Architectural style Classicism
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