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Soon after the triumphal victory over Napoleon, Emperor Alexander I thought of creating a gallery in the Winter Palace for displaying the portraits of the glorious military leaders of the Patriotic War of 1812. The English artist George Dawe was invited to Petersburg to do the portraits. The program tells about this unique monument to Russian military glory, the 1812 Gallery, and presents all the portraits decorating its walls. |
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