[DOC] [TLE] Gulf of Finland - Wikipedia [PAR] The Gulf of Finland is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between 
Finland (to the north) and Estonia (to the south) all the way to Saint Petersburg in 
Russia, where the river Neva drains into it. Other major cities around the gulf 
include Helsinki and Tallinn. ... The eastern parts of the Gulf of Finland belong to 
Russia, and some of... [DOC] [TLE] Saint Petersburg - Wikipedia [PAR] Saint Petersburg is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow, with five million 
inhabitants in 2012, and an important Russian port on the Baltic Sea. It is 
politically incorporated as a federal subject (a federal city). Situated on the Neva 
River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, it was founded by Tsar 
... On May 12 [O.S. 1] 1703, during the Great Northern War, Peter the Great... [DOC] [TLE] Kronstadt - Wikipedia [PAR] Kronstadt (Russian: ), also spelled Kronshtadt, Cronstadt or Krontdt 
is a municipal town in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal city of Saint Petersburg
, Russia, located on Kotlin Island, 30 kilometers (19 mi) west of Saint Petersburg 
proper near the head of the Gulf of Finland. ... Kronstadt was founded by Peter 
the Great, who took the island of Kotlin from... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 1 Founding and Feeding an Imperial City [PAR] army captured the Swedish fort at Noteborg, where the Neva River exits from. 
Lake Ladoga. ... and Estland, and gave Russia access to the Gulf of Finland. ... 
Although Peter referred to the site of his new city as a paradise, most ob- 
servers ... to acquire a Baltic port through which Russian and Asian goods could 
enter the. [DOC] [TLE] Saint petersburg | Define Saint petersburg at Dictionary.com [PAR] ... in the Gulf of Finland, off the Baltic Sea: founded 1703 by Peter the Great; 
capital ... Now the public offices at saint petersburg, at all events, are kept fairly 
clean. ... the name of a group of Swedish merchant/warriors who established 
themselves ... the second-largest city in Russia; a major port, and one of the 
world's leading... [DOC] [TLE] Sweden and Saint Petersburg | SwedenAbroad [PAR] In 1615, this enemy was so much on its knees that the largest and best part of 
its ... The first big peace treaty between Sweden and Russia was concluded in 
1323 at ... The struggle for hegemony over the coastline of the Gulf of Finland ... is 
the city's oldest non-orthodox one, founded in the same year as the city itself, 
1703. [DOC] [TLE] St Petersburg - SSQQ [PAR] The founding of Saint Petersburg must be considered one of Peter's greatest ... 
Possession of an ice-free port was critical to her economic development. ... 
Russia had a lot of catching up to do if it wanted to challenge Swedish 
supremacy. ... Narva rested at the junction of the Gulf of Finland and the Narva 
River which... [DOC] [TLE] Discount Hotels, Cheap Hotels - Hotels in Moscow, Hotels Russia [PAR] After an 8-day siege on May 1, 1703 the Swedish garrison surrendered. ... 
Looking for a site for his new fortress, Peter the Great chose the island of Enisaari 
... a young man, Peter had inspected a number of great western cities, and now 
that ... the Neva and a stretch of coastline on the Gulf of Finland, he saw the 
opportunity... [DOC] [TLE] History of St Petersburg - Lonely Planet Travel Information [PAR] In June 1703 Peter gave the site a name  Sankt Pieter Burkh, in his ... Europe's 
largest, and flows into the Gulf of Finland through a low-lying delta ... Their ranks 
were supplemented with Russian convict labourers and Swedish prisoners of 
war. .... St Petersburg now displayed all the features of a seriously imperial 
capital:... [DOC] [TLE] The excursions in Saint-Petersburg and suburbs [PAR] The State Russian Museum is the world's largest museum of Russian Art. ... has 
now been restored to its former glory and is open to visitors

Question: ...of this man, who in 1703 founded what is now Russia's largest port on a Swedish fort site on the Gulf of Finland
Answer: Peter the Great