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During the past century, the main building of the State Hermitage has undergone signif-icant historical metamorphoses: the fall of the residence of the Russian imperial family, the October Revolution of 1917, World War II, and finally gaining the status of one of the most important Soviet and later Russian museums. A lot of literature has been writ-ten about the history of this place, including scientific works about the extensive collec-tion of this museum, including a magnificent collection of Italian paintings ...