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16th April 1917: Lenin arrives back in Russia in the sealed train after a decade in exile

  • 16th April 2020
  • Tagged as: Bolshevik, Communism, Communist, Exile, Finland, First World War, Germany, Lenin, Nicholas II, Politics, Provisional Government, Revolution, Russian Revolution, Saint Petersburg, Switzerland

Vladimir Lenin arrived in Russia after a decade of self-imposed exile.

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13th March 1881: Tsar Alexander II assassinated in Saint Petersburg

  • 13th March 2020
  • Tagged as: Alexander II, Assassination, Government, Politics, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Terrorism, Tsar

On the 13th March 1881, Tsar Alexander II of Russia was assassinated in a St Petersburg street by a member of the People’s Will revolutionary movement.

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22nd January 1905: Bloody Sunday massacre in Saint Petersburg

  • 22nd January 2020
  • Tagged as: Nicholas II, Revolution, Russia, Saint Petersburg

On the 22nd January 1905, the Bloody Sunday massacre took place in the Russian capital Saint Petersburg.

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27th May 1703: The foundation of St Petersburg by Tsar Peter the Great

  • 27th May 2019
  • Tagged as: Hermitage Museum, Peter the Great, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Sweden, Tsar, UNESCO

In 1703 Peter’s forces captured Swedish possessions at the mouth of the Neva river, and it was here that he laid the foundation stone for the Peter and Paul Fortress on Zayachy Island.

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8th September 1941: Start of the Siege of Leningrad

  • 8th September 2018
  • Tagged as: Germany, Great Patriotic War, Lebensraum, Leningrad, Nazi, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Second World War, Siege, USSR

The Siege of Leningrad, one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history, began.

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