St Petersburg built Peter theGreat after beating Swedes of France marked by column,Hermitage Museum also visible.
Leningrad (St Petersburg) The town was built by Peter the Great after victory against the Swedes over Napoleonic France in the War of 1812 was commemorated by the Alexander Column by Montferrand, erected in 1834, and Narva Triumphal January 24, 1924, three days after Lenin's death, Petrograd was renamed Leningrad. For decades Leningrad was glorified by the Soviet propaganda as "the cradle of the revolution" and "the city of three revolutions", many spots related to Lenin and the revolutions, such as the cruiser Aurora, were carefully preserved. In the 2nd WW the city was surrounded, the siege lasted 872 days from September 1941 to January 1944. The Siege of Leningrad was one of the longest, most destructive in modern history. It isolated the city apart from through the Road of Life across Lake Ladoga, and more than a million civilians died, mainly from starvation. On June 12, 1991, in a referendum Russian presidential election, 54% of voters chose to restore the name "Saint Petersburg". The vast Hermitage Museum complex stretching along the Palace Embankment, which includes the baroque Winter Palace can also be seen,
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Location: Leningrad (St Petersburg)
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