Peter the Great begins building a new capital at St. Petersburg

Category
Geography
Place
Russia
Date
1703
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
It became the capital of Russia in 1712. By 1725, there were 40,000 inhabitants. [Furtado: 1001 Days]

This event is linked to the following periods

PeriodMiner
Begin
End
Category
Russian Empire
1721
1917
Russian