El Isigodlo sasebusika Kuyisakhiwo esikhulu se- Igugu Museum waseSaint Petersburg. Yakhiwa phakathi konyaka ka-1754 kanye no-1762 ngokomyalelo we-Empress Isabel.
Idizayini yayiwumklami wase-Italy uFrancesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli. Ukwakhiwa kwaqedwa ngemuva kokushona kuka-Isabel. Kwakuyindawo yokuhlala esemthethweni yamaTsars aseRussia kuze kufike ubukhosi ngemuva kweRussia Revolution, ngo-1917, kanti eminye yemicimbi ebaluleke kakhulu emlandweni waseRussia yenzeka ngaphakathi.
UCatherine II wayalela umakhi wezakhiwo uVallin de la Mothe ukuba akhe isigodlo esincane, esiseduze ne-Winter Palace, ayibiza ngokuthi i-hermitage encane nokuthi phakathi kokunye, yayinezingadi ezilenga. Lesi sigaba semnyuziyamu sakhiwa phakathi konyaka we-1765 nowe-1769.
Iqukethe amakamelo okubukisa amabili asemaceleni, futhi isebenza njengesixhumanisi phakathi kweSigodlo Sasebusika kanye nezinye izigodlo ezakha umnyuziyamu. Ngokushesha isigodlo sase sigcwele izinto, ngakho uCatherine wayala abakhi bezakhiwo uVelten noQuarenghi ukuba bakhe esinye isakhiwo, kamuva esaziwa ngokuthi IHermitage endala yakhiwe phakathi kuka-1771 no-1787.
Le ngxenye yomnyuziyamu ixhunywe kuzo zonke ezinye izakhiwo ezilandela ikhothamo elizungeza omunye wemisele ogelezela eNeva, i-Winter Canal.