1712

Politics & Power

Peter the Great Builds Saint Petersburg

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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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Sint-Petersburg. Leeuwenfontein, PeterhofCatholic University of LeuvenPublic domainEuropeana
Portrait d'une dame, probablement issue de la cour de l'impératrice Catherine II à Saint-PétersbourgNational Museum of Archaeology, History and ArtPublic domainEuropeana
Porträtt av redaktör Emil Carlson, S:t Petersburg 28 juli 1903. Ferrotyp.Nordic Museum FoundationCC BY 4.0Europeana

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