St. Petersburg (from August 18, 1914 to January 26, 1924 - Petrograd, from January 26, 1924 to September 6, 1991 - Leningrad, Leningrad - Peter, St. Petersburg, abbreviated - St. Petersburg) is the second most populous city in Russia. A city of federal significance. Administrative center of the North-West Federal District. It was founded on May 16 1703 by Tsar Peter I. In 1714-1728 and 1732-1918 - the capital of the Russian state Named St. Peter, the heavenly patron of the founding king, but over time he became increasingly associated with the name of Peter I himself. The city is historically and culturally connected with the birth of the Russian Empire and Russia's entry into modern history as a European great power[11].
It is located in the northwest of the country on the coast of the Gulf of Finland and at the mouth of the Neva River. It borders the Leningrad region, also has maritime borders with Finland and Estonia.
In St. Petersburg there are: the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, the Heraldic Council under the President of the Russian Federation, the Plenipotentiary Mission of the North-West Federal District, the authorities of the Leningrad Region[12], the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly. Also located: the Main Command of the Russian Navy and the headquarters of the Western Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation[13].
It was the center of three revolutions: 1905-1907, February, October[14]. During the Great Patriotic War in 1941-1944, he was in a blockade for 872 days, as a result of which about a million people died. On May 1, 1945, Leningrad was declared a hero city. As of 2018, there are also 3 cities of military glory as part of the federal city of St. Petersburg: Kronstadt, Kolpino and Lomonosov.
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St. Petersburg (from August 18, 1914 to January 26, 1924 - Petrograd, from January 26, 1924 to September 6, 1991 - Leningrad, Leningrad - Peter, St. Petersburg, abbreviated - St. Petersburg) is the second most populous city in Russia. A city of federal significance. Administrative center of the North-West Federal District. It was founded on May 16 1703 by Tsar Peter I. In 1714-1728 and 1732-1918 - the capital of the Russian state
Named St. Peter, the heavenly patron of the founding king, but over time he became increasingly associated with the name of Peter I himself. The city is historically and culturally connected with the birth of the Russian Empire and Russia's entry into modern history as a European great power[11].
It is located in the northwest of the country on the coast of the Gulf of Finland and at the mouth of the Neva River. It borders the Leningrad region, also has maritime borders with Finland and Estonia.
In St. Petersburg there are: the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, the Heraldic Council under the President of the Russian Federation, the Plenipotentiary Mission of the North-West Federal District, the authorities of the Leningrad Region[12], the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly. Also located: the Main Command of the Russian Navy and the headquarters of the Western Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation[13].
It was the center of three revolutions: 1905-1907, February, October[14]. During the Great Patriotic War in 1941-1944, he was in a blockade for 872 days, as a result of which about a million people died. On May 1, 1945, Leningrad was declared a hero city. As of 2018, there are also 3 cities of military glory as part of the federal city of St. Petersburg: Kronstadt, Kolpino and Lomonosov.