Palace Square (Russian: Дворцо́вая пло́щадь, tr. Dvortsovaya Ploshchad; IPA: [dvɐˈrtsovəjə ˈploɕːɪtʲ]), connecting Nevsky Prospekt with Palace Bridge

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Palace Square (Russian: Дворцо́вая пло́щадь, tr. Dvortsovaya Ploshchad; IPA: [dvɐˈrtsovəjə ˈploɕːɪtʲ]), connecting Nevsky Prospekt with Palace Bridge leading to Vasilievsky Island, is the central city square of St Petersburg and of the former Russian Empire. It was the setting of many events of worldwide significance, including the Bloody Sunday (1905) and the October Revolution of 1917.

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