St. Petersburg
Ivan the Terrible dumb answer above, it was Peter the great.
Tsar Peter the Great moved the Russian capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
Yes, Czar Peter the Great established St. Petersburg as the capital of his empire in 1703. He wanted a capital city that could also be a seaport.
Yes, Czar Peter the Great established St. Petersburg as the capital of his empire in 1703. He wanted a capital city that could also be a seaport.
Because Peter I built the city, and it was more like a European city, so Peter made a capital out of his creation.
Tsar Peter the Great built St. Petersburg from scratch on land taken from the Swedes. Even before it was completed, Peter moved his court from Moscow to St. Petersburg making it the capital of the Russian Empire until after the 1917 October Revolution.
No, Peter the great built St. Petersburg.
The new Russian capital, Saint Petersburg, was built on the shores of the Baltic Sea in 1703 by Peter the Great. It was strategically located to provide Russia with access to maritime trade and serve as a window to Europe.
No, it didn't. Under Peter the Great's reign Saint-Petersburg became the capital of Russia. Only in 1917 when the regime of czars fell and the Soviet Union was founded, Moscow again became the capital.
St Petersburg was build by the Russian Emperor Peter the Great at 1703 and was for over 200 years the capital of the Empire until 1918 after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Peter the Great was a Russian czar.
peter parkers nationality is russian