Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1898 — The Czar's Winter Palace. [ARTICLE]

The Czar's Winter Palace.

The Winter Palace, which Is the principal official residence of the Czars, is on the banks of the Neva, and, with the Hermitage, which is connected with it, contains the great Russian collections of works of art, Jewels and antiquities. Each of its four sides Is 700 feet long, and when the Czar is In residence It is inhabited by some 7,000 persons.