This is the location of St Petersburg(black dot) and the German front line(blue line) circa 1917. I wanted to mark Moscow, but it was located off map. The thing is, by 1917, the Russian army was rapidly collapsing. read more
Russia did not build its capital in St. Petersburg. Peter built his capital in St Petersburg. 9 years after seizing the land on which it was built from Sweden. read more
Founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703, Saint Petersburg was built entirely by Swedish prisoners from the Great Northern War (1700-1721). It became capital of the Russian Empire for more than two hundred years (1712–1728, 1732–1918). St. Petersburg ceased being the capital in 1918 after the Russian Revolution of 1917. read more
After winning access to the Baltic Sea through his victories in the Great Northern War, Czar Peter I founds the city of St. Petersburg as the new Russian capital. The reign of Peter, who became sole czar in 1696, was characterized by a series of sweeping military, political, economic, and cultural reforms based on Western European models. read more