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Jun 26, 2024 · St. Petersburg - Russian Empire, Tsar Peter, Cultural Hub: Settlement of the region around the head of the Gulf of Finland by Russians began in the 8th or 9th century. Known then as Izhorskaya Zemlya or, more commonly, as Ingermanland or Ingria, the region came under the control of Novgorod, but it long remained thinly populated.
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Jun 26, 2024 · St. Petersburg, city and port, extreme northwestern Russia. It is a major historical and cultural center, as well as Russia’s second largest city. For two centuries (1712–1918) it was the capital of the Russian Empire.
2 days ago · Peter I ( [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized : Pyotr I Alekseyevich, [note 1]; 9 June [ O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [ O.S. 28 January] 1725), was Tsar of all Russia from 1682, and the first Emperor of all Russia, known as Peter the Great, [note 2] from 1721 until his death ...
Jun 26, 2024 · St. Petersburg - Tsars, Revolutionaries, Culture: The population of St. Petersburg is overwhelmingly Russian. Before the Revolution the city had sizable Polish, Baltic, and German communities and smaller Tatar, Jewish, and Chinese communities.
3 days ago · The Russian Empire was a vast Empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.
Jun 26, 2024 · St. Petersburg, originally founded by Peter the Great in 1703, has a remarkable history tied to the development of the Russian Empire. However, during World War I, the city’s name was changed to Petrograd to steer away from sounding too Germanic.
Jun 29, 2024 · For more than 200 years, St. Petersburg served as the capital of the Russian Empire until the communist revolution in 1917. The city went through several name changes in the 20th century, being called Petrograd and Leningrad before reverting back to St. Petersburg in 1991.
