What the records say
- When
- 29 Dec 1837
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 59.94° N, 30.31° E
- Description
- December 1837 fire in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Fire in the Winter Palace
1837 fire in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
The fire in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg, then the official residence of the Russian emperors, occurred on December 17, 1837, and was caused by soot inflammation.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Fire breaks out in the Winter Palace, in Saint Petersburg, Russia killing 30 guards”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “грандиозный пожар в Зимнем дворце”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page