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A fire in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg kills 30 guards.
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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.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Saint Petersburg
Federal city in Russia
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. With an area of 1,439 sq km, Saint Petersburg is the smallest…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)