St Petersburg was founded because it acted as a monument to the might of Imperial Russia.
Peter the Great wanted a sea port so Russia could trade with other nations. He captured the area which had been colonized by the Swedish and in May 1703, started building
St Petersburg was founded because it acted as a monument to the might of Imperial Russia.
St Petersburg
It didn't. Stalingrad changed its name to Volgograd after Stalin's death. Stalin's successor, Nikita Khrushchev, (rightfully) criticised the way Stalin had treated his people. St Petersburg was originally founded in the 18th Century by Tsar Peter the Great, who wanted to create a modern European-style capital for the Russian Empire. When World War I began, its name was considered too German and it was changed to Petrograd. After the death of Vladimir Lenin, it became Leningrad for the rest of the Communist Regime. In 1991, shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a referendum vote led to the restoration of the name St Petersburg.
St Petersburg in Russia
The capital was St Petersburg, which was renamed Petrograd in World War 1.
Leningrad was the name given to the city of Petrograd after Lenin's death. The name of St. Petersburg had already been changed in 1914 to Petrograd.
the person who founded st petersburg is Claire foster of Florida.... from 1867-1899 she was an archeologist and her favourite song was like a g6 by th cataracts! LOL
He founded St. Petersburg, Russia.
Peter the Great founded Saint Petersburg in 1703, which is now a Federal City on the Baltic sea.
Tsar Peter the Great
St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg, Russia was founded by Tzar Peter the Great in 1703 and was named after St.Peter, the Apostle. St. Petersburg, Florida was named after St. Petersburg, Russia. The name was given by Peter Demens (born Piotr Dementyev) - Russian immigrant turned railway entrepreneur, who brought railway line to Pinellas Peninsula.
The founder of St Petersberg was the Emperor Peter the Great. St Petersberg was founded on May 27th 1703.
There is no capital of St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg is a city, not a country.
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.
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.
Wikipedia was founded in St. Petersburg, FL. But its written by millions of volunteers around the world.
The address of the St Petersburg Museum Of History is: 335 2Nd Ave NE, St Petersburg, FL 33701-3501