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St. Petersburg Founded by Peter the Great in 1703
St. Petersburg, a city on the Neva River, was founded on May 27, 1703, by Russian Emperor Peter the Great, who sought to build a new Russian city on the Baltic to establish his fleet and bring Russia closer to Europe.
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