Saint Petersburg

(noun)

Russia's second-largest city after Moscow and an important Russian port on the Baltic Sea. Established by Peter the Great, between 1713–1728 and 1732–1918, it was the imperial capital of Russia. It remains the most Westernized city of Russia as well as its cultural capital.

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Examples of Saint Petersburg in the following topics:

  • Peter's Domestic Reforms

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    • Peter moved the capital from Moscow to Saint Petersburg in 1712, but referred to Saint Petersburg as the capital (or seat of government) as early as 1704.
    • Until today, Saint Petersburg is the most Westernized city and the cultural capital of Russia.
  • The Brief Reign of Peter III

    • Elizabeth invited her young nephew to Saint Petersburg, where he was received into the Orthodox Church and proclaimed heir in 1742.
    • In July 1762, barely six months after becoming emperor, Peter took a holiday with his Holstein-born courtiers and relatives to Oranienbaum, leaving his wife in Saint Petersburg.
  • From German Princess to Russian Tsarina

    • On the following day, the formal betrothal took place in Saint Petersburg.
    • The imperial couple moved into the new Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg.
    • In July 1762, barely six months after becoming emperor, Peter took a holiday with his Holstein-born courtiers and relatives in Oranienbaum, leaving his wife in Saint Petersburg.
  • The Triumphs of Tsarina Elizabeth I

    • She encouraged Mikhail Lomonosov's establishment of the University of Moscow and Ivan Shuvalov's foundation of the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg.
    • The Winter Palace and the Smolny Convent in Saint Petersburg are among the chief monuments of her reign.
  • Peter the Great

    • In England, he also engaged in painting and navy-related activities as well as visited Manchester in order to learn the techniques of city-building that he would later use to great effect at Saint Petersburg.
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  • Catherine's Foreign Policy Goals

    • From 1788 to 1790, Russia fought a war against Sweden, a conflict instigated by Catherine's cousin, King Gustav III of Sweden, who expected to simply overtake the Russian armies still engaged in war against the Ottoman Turks, and hoped to strike Saint Petersburg directly.
  • Enlightened Despotism

    • The leading European economists of her day became foreign members of the Free Economic Society, established on her suggestion in Saint Petersburg in 1765.
  • The Catholic Church

    • In 530, Saint Benedict wrote his Rule of Saint Benedict as a practical guide for monastic community life, and its message spread to monasteries throughout Europe.
    • This was followed by orders banning the pictorial representation of the family of Christ, subsequent Christian saints, and biblical scenes.
    • In this environment, Christianity spread from Roman Britain to Ireland, especially aided by the missionary activity of Saint Patrick.
    • Soon, Irish missionaries such as Saints Columba and Columbanus spread this Christianity, with its distinctively Irish features, to Scotland and the Continent.
    • Soon, important English missionaries such as Saints Wilfrid, Willibrord, Lullus, and Boniface would begin evangelizing their Saxon relatives in Germany.
  • Yaroslav the Wise

    • Building the Saint Sophia Cathedral and the first monasteries in Russia, named Saint George and Saint Irene.
    • Founding a library and a school at the Saint Sophia Cathedral and encouraging the translation of Greek texts into Church Slavonic.
    • The Grand Prince Yaroslav I died in 1054 and was buried in Saint Sophia's Cathedral.
    • This 11th-century fresco in Saint Sophia's Cathedral shows four of Yaroslav's daughter, probably Anne, Anastasia, Elizabeth, and Agatha.
  • French Explorers

    • Settlement along the South American coast in what is today French Guiana began in 1624 and a colony was founded on Saint Kitts in 1625.
    • Colonies in Guadeloupe and Martinique were founded in 1635 and on Saint Lucia in 1650.
    • France's most important Caribbean colonial possession was established in 1664, when the colony of Saint-Domingue (today's Haiti) was founded on the western half of the Spanish island of Hispaniola.
    • In the 18th century, Saint-Domingue grew to be the richest sugar colony in the Caribbean.
    • New France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence Riverby Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763.
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