Saint Petersburg
City · 59.94, 30.31
Port city on the Neva founded by Peter the Great in 1703. It was the Russian capital for most of the imperial period and was renamed twice in the 20th century.
Names
- Petrograd Renamed to sound less German at the start of World War I
- Leningrad Renamed after Lenin's death
Capital of
- Russian Empire
- Russian Empire
- Russian Provisional Government
- Russia The Bolshevik government moved to Moscow in March 1918