Saint Petersburg
Second-largest city in Russia.
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National Library of Russia
The National Library of Russia (NLR, Российская национальная библиотека), located in Saint Petersburg, is the first national public library in Russia.
Peter the Great
Monarch of the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May 1682 until his death in 1725, jointly ruling before 1696 with his elder half-brother, Ivan V.
He adopted the title of Emperor in place of the old title of Tsar in 1721, and founded and developed the city of Saint Petersburg, which remained the capital of Russia until 1918.
October Revolution
Revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key moment in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917–1923.
It took place through an armed insurrection in Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg) on.
Hermitage Museum
The State Hermitage Museum is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Supreme Court of Russia
Court within the judiciary of Russia and the court of last resort in Russian administrative law, civil law and criminal law cases.
According to Article 22 of the Federal Law "On the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation", the permanent residence of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation is the city of Saint Petersburg.
Russian Empire
Empire that extended across Eurasia from 1721, succeeding the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad that ended the Great Northern War.
He moved the capital from Moscow to the new model city of Saint Petersburg, which was largely built according to Western design.
Gulf of Finland
Easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea.
It extends between Finland to the north and Estonia to the south, to Saint Petersburg in Russia to the east, where the river Neva drains into it.
List of cities and towns in Russia by population
List of cities and towns in Russia with a population of over 50,000 at the 2010 census.
The city of Zelenograd (a part of the federal city of Moscow) and the municipal cities/towns of the federal city of St. Petersburg are also excluded, as they are not enumerated in the 2010 census as stand-alone localities.
Vladimir Lenin
Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist.
He moved to Saint Petersburg in 1893 and became a senior Marxist activist.
Peter and Paul Fortress
The Peter and Paul Fortress is the original citadel of St. Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress.