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St. Petersburg’s history in dates

May 16 (May 27 according to the Julian Calendar), 1703 - Founding of the fortress and the city of St. Petersburg by the emperor Peter I (Peter the Great).
1703-1914 St. Petersburg
1914-1924 Petrograd
1924-1991 Leningrad
1712-1728
and 1732-1918 the capital of Russia
1927-1931 the Administrative Center of the Leningrad Region
1931-1993 the city subject to the Soviet republic
1993-the present the city of the federal significance, a separate administrative unit of the Russian Federation (as Moscow)
1714 the foundation of the Kunstkamera, the first Russian museum of natural history
1721 the title of The Father of the Fatherland was conferred on Peter the Great
1725 Peter the Great died
1757 the Academy of Art was founded
1762 Catherine II ascension to the throne
1764 the foundation of the Hermitage as a palace museum
1795 the foundation of the Public Library
1832 the opening of the Aleksandinsky (Pushkin) Drama Theater
1837 the opening of the first Russian railroad St. Petersburg-Tsarskoe Selo
1851 the opening of the regular railroad line St. Petersburg-Moscow
1881 the assassination of Alexander II
1898 the opening of the Alexander III Russian Museum
1914 St. Petersburg was renamed to Petrograd
1917 the February (Bourgeois) and the October Socialist Revolutions
1924 Petrograd was renamed to Leningrad
September 8, 1941 the beginning of the blockade of Leningrad
January 27, 1944 the total breakage of the blockade of Leningrad
September 6, 1991 the original name of St. Petersburg was restored
2003 the 300th anniversary of the foundation of St. Petersburg

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