This city was home to a bloody demonstration that was organized by Father Gapon (guh-POHN).
This city was home to a bloody demonstration that was organized by Father Gapon (guh-POHN). This city's growth was facilitated by the Peace of Nystad (NEE-stat). Alexandr Menshikov (MEN-shi-koff) became this city's first governor in 1714. Senate Square in this city saw the beginning of the Decembrist Revolt. An estimated six hundred and sixty thousand people died in the Nine-Hundred Day Siege of this city during World War II. For 10 points, name this Russian city built by Peter the Great to be Russia's "Window to the West."
This city was home to a bloody demonstration that was organized by Father Gapon (guh-POHN).
{Saint} Petersburg [{or} Sankt Peterburg; {or} St. Petersburg; {prompt on} Petrograd; {prompt on} Leningrad]