Peter the Great founded the city of Saint Petersburg which is now a Federal City on the Baltic sea. ( Saint Petersburg is on Russia)
St. Petersburg
Peter the Great founded Saint Petersburg in 1703, which is now a Federal City on the Baltic sea.
Tsar Peter the Great
St. Petersburg was founded by Tsar Peter the Great of Russia in 1703 as a strategic port on the Baltic Sea. He named the city after himself, and it became the capital of the Russian Empire for over 200 years.
St. Petersburg
Ivan IV (the Terrible) and Peter the Great tried to solve the issue of withdrawal to the shore of the Baltic Sea, as it destroyed the country's isolation from Western Europe. Ivan the Terrible began the Livonian War, but failed to achieve their goals. After 150 years of Peter the Great started the Northern War against Sweden and won it. He joined the Russian part of Finland, Estonia and Latvia. He founded a new capital - the city of St. Peter - St. Petersburg - at the mouth of the Neva River. Peter the Great was the first Russian emperor.
Tsar Peter the Great, founded May 1703
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.
Tsar Peter the Great
Peter the Great (1672-1725) founded St. Petersburg on May 27th, 1703. For further information on the history of St. Petersburg, saint-petersburg.com is a useful resource.
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.