#I’ve always found the connection between spb and ekb really romantic. as much as I’m not a sappy person
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My new biggest flex is that I’ve seen the originals of these two paintings in real life
#and stared for a good five minutes because it was absolutely wild to see the real paintings from my history textbook irl#the saint petersburg hermitage sent them over for a while as a present for my city’s 300 year anniversary#along with a whole bunch of other palace turnover era stuff#I’ve also seen the og portraits of menshikov and alexei petrovich and peter 2 and evdokia lapukhina#I’ve always found the connection between spb and ekb really romantic. as much as I’m not a sappy person#watch my inner romanov fanatic + history nerd + art lover all jump out here lmao#best museum visit ever#could now probably only be trumped if I went to the spb hermitage#or the tretyakovka#house of romanov
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