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Petersburg – is a magnificent city, which appeared more than three hundred years ago on the banks of the Neva River. St. Petersburg, more and often called the 'Venice of the North'. It's not just the most important industrial, scientific and cultural center of Russia. St. Petersburg is a major transport hub of railway and highways. The city was founded in 1703 by the first Russian emperor, and while Tsar Peter I. This day dates back to bookmark and Paul Fortress – the first building in the city – at the mouth of the Neva River on Hare Island.

Petersburg had a great influence on the history of the country: Since 1712 to 1918 the city was the capital of the Russian Empire (excluding the reign of Peter ii, when the status of the capital returned briefly to Moscow) and the residence of Russian emperors, in 1719 opened the first public museum in Russia – Cabinet of Curiosities, in 1724 founded the Academy of Sciences, in the December uprising occurred in 1825. In 1837 he opened the first Russian railway St. Petersburg – Tsarskoe Selo (now Pushkin). Started the revolution of 1905 – 07, February and October revolutions of 1917. During the Great Patriotic War, the city withstood a 900-day blockade by fascist troops. St. Petersburg is the northernmost of the world's cities with populations over one million people.