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Events on Sunday 17 December 1837 1
1837Winter Palace fireA catastrophic fire destroys much of the Winter Palace in St. PetersburgA fire broke out in the Winter Palace, the official residence of the Russian tsars, and burned for three days despite efforts to contain it. Tsar Nicholas I ordered the palace rebuilt, and reconstruction was completed within two years.