Map of Leningrad
LENINGRAD The former Petersburg or Sankt Petersburg as the Russians called it. Between 1914 and 1924 it was called Petrograd. This is Leningrad the city of architecture, famous for …
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Sights and Attractions in Leningrad
SIGHTS The Peter and Paul Fortress (1703) with the Peter and Paul Cathedral (1712-1732, Tower 1751). The Menschikow Palace, the first building project on the Wassilijew Island (1714), the …
Travel to Leningrad
HISTORY Leningrad is a very young city, only 300 years old. Under the Czar Peter the Great in 1703 the construction of the Peter and Paul fortress was started …