Lynda is a common variant spelling of the name in English. Among other names in use in English speaking countries that include the-linda suffix are Melinda, Belinda, Celinda, and Rosalinda.he name days for Linda are on February 13 (Hungary, Poland), April 15 (Finland/Germany), June 19 (Switzerland), June 20 (Sweden), August 21 (Latvia), September 1 (Czech Republic), September 2 (Slovakia), and September 4 (Poland).
The Hermitage Museum is the largest art gallery in Russia and is among the largest and most respected art museums in the world. Interior of the State Hermitage Museum. The museum was founded in 1764 when Catherine the Great purchased a collection of 255 paintings from the German city of Berlin.
The Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia, was, from 1732 to 1917, the official residence of the Russian monarchs. Today, the restored palace forms part of a complex of buildings housing the Hermitage Museum. Situated between the Palace Embankment and the Palace Square, adjacent to the site of Peter the Great's original Winter Palace, the present and fourth Winter Palace was built and altered almost continuously between the late 1730s and 1837, when it was severely damaged by fire and immedi