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Peter the GreatEarlierFirst Stone of Peter and Paul Fortress1703 CE
Peter the GreatLaterRussia Proclaimed an Empire1721 CE

The city of Saint Petersburg was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703. It became the capital of the Russian Empire and remained as such for more than two hundred years (1712–1728, 1732–1918). Saint Petersburg ceased being the capital in 1918 after the October Coup.

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