Suchergebnisse
Suchergebnisse:
10. Mai 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. Its historic district was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1990.
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.
Saint Petersburg is the fourth-most populous city in Europe, the most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As Russia's Imperial capital, and a historically strategic port , it is governed as a federal city .
History of St. Petersburg The early period Foundation and early growth. 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.
General information. History of Saint Petersburg. Located in northeast Europe and known as the Venice of the North, Saint Petersburg is the second most important city in Russia in terms of politics, culture and population. It may only be 300 years old but it has plenty of history to discover! The founding of Saint Petersburg.
From 1703 to 1725, Peter the Great lifted from a landscape of marshes, peat bogs and rocks, architectural styles in stone and marble for a capital, Saint Petersburg, which he wished to be the most beautiful city in all of Europe.
Since St. Petersburg was founded in 1703 by Peter the Great, for whom the planning and construction of the city were matters of great personal interest, each of Russia's rulers has in one way or another left their mark on the city. St. Petersburg in the era of Peter the Great (1703-1725)
