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'''St Petersburg''' (Russian: Санкт-Петербург), the "Northern Capital of [[Russia]]," is the country's second largest city and is located on the River Neva close to the Gulf of [[Finland]]. During the [[Russian Revolution]] the Provisional Government renamed the city as '''Petrograd'''; the [[Soviet]]s then seized power and renamed the city '''Leningrad''' after [[Lenin]] the leader of the [[communism|Bolsheviks]].
'''St Petersburg''' (Russian: Санкт-Петербург), the "Northern Capital of [[Russia]]," is the country's second largest city and is located on the River Neva close to the Gulf of [[Finland]]. During the [[Russian Revolution]] the Provisional Government renamed the city as '''Petrograd'''; the [[Soviet]]s then seized power and renamed the city '''Leningrad''' after [[Lenin]] the leader of the [[communism|Bolsheviks]].
The city's inhabitants generally refer to it as "Petersburg" (without "Saint")<ref>See, for example, Dostoyevsky's ''Crime and Punishment''</ref> or, commonly, simply "Peter".
==Window on Europe==
==Window on Europe==
[[Tsar|Czar]] Peter the Great created the city in 1703 as a "Window on Europe." From 1712 until 1918 St Petersburg was the imperial [[capitol|capital]] of Russia, the city facilitated Russia's expansion and modernisation. As a gateway to Western influence it attracted artists, scholars, scientists, soldiers and businessmen from all over Europe.[http://www.swissworld.org/eng/swissworld.html?siteSect=913&sid=3998471&rubricId=17140]
[[Tsar|Czar]] Peter the Great created the city in 1703 as a "Window on Europe." From 1712 until 1918 St Petersburg was the imperial [[capitol|capital]] of Russia, the city facilitated Russia's expansion and modernisation. As a gateway to Western influence it attracted artists, scholars, scientists, soldiers and businessmen from all over Europe.[http://www.swissworld.org/eng/swissworld.html?siteSect=913&sid=3998471&rubricId=17140]