Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia - 12 June 2011; The State Hermitage Museum is an enormous and lavish museum of art and culture in Saint Peters

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Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia - 12 June 2011; The State Hermitage Museum is an enormous and lavish museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The second-largest art museum in the world, it was founded by Empress Catherine the Great in 1764.

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