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.
St. Petersburg
1700's
Tsar Peter the Great moved the Russian capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg although its name was different then!
Under Czarist rule, the capital of Russia was originally Moscow as the Grand Duchy of Muscovy was the dominant force in Russia at the time of the Ivan III, the first ruler to refer to himself as Czar. Then Czar Peter the Great moved the capital to St. Petersburg. Vladimir Lenin later moved it back to Moscow.
Czar Aleksandr III was born on March 10, 1845, in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia].
To make Russian Empire a European land. He was a Tsar of Russian Empire at early 1700's. He did established St. Petersburg (Petrograd, Leningrad) as the Northern Varposten in Russian Empire.
Peter the Great (died in 1725).
The Winter Palace: Prior home of the last czar, Nicholas II