Tsar Peter the Great moved the Russian capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
Saint Petersburg although its name was different then!
Russia. Before the revolution in Russia, the emperor was called the czar. The last czar was czar Nicolas II
Ivan was the Czar of Russia.
Russia, because he was the Tsar, or ruler, of Russia until he abdicated the throne in 1917.
Nicholas II, the last Romanov Tsar (czar).
Czar Alexander I of Russia moved the capital from Turku to Helsinki to reduce Swedish influence in Finland.
St. Petersburg
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.
well russia is north of china, a king is a czar, and the capital is Moscow but its 2nd largest city is St.Petersburg named after a famous Czar.
Saint Petersburg although its name was different then!
Russia. Before the revolution in Russia, the emperor was called the czar. The last czar was czar Nicolas II
"The Czar" was the title given to the "king" of Russia.
The czar that freed the serfs in Russia is Alexander the II.
Piter I
Moscow was the capital of the ancient Muscovy region. czar Peter I (the Great) founded and built St. Petersburg in 1703 and moved his capital there soon afterwards. After the October Revolution of 1917 the capital was shifted back to Moscow in 1918. Moscow has always been the capital of something.
Czar Alexander I
Ivan was the Czar of Russia.