page_title: History of Saint Petersburg
hierarchical_section_title: History of Saint Petersburg
caption_attribution_description: Bronze Horseman (Peter the Great) in Sankt Petersburg, by Etienne-Maurice Falconet
context_page_description: Founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703. It became capital of the Russian Empire for more than two hundred years. St. Petersburg ceased being the capital in 1918 after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
context_section_description: Founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703. It became capital of the Russian Empire for more than two hundred years (1712–1728, 1732–1918). St. Petersburg ceased being the capital in 1918 after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
caption: The Bronze Horseman, monument to Peter the Great
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