Home to the Winter Palace, for 10 points, name this city that from 1713 until 1918 was the imperial capital of Russia.
For much of the twentieth century, the harbor of this city contained a war ship called the Aurora.This city was built after the fall of Nienshants. A battle fought in this city saw the involvement of Naval Detachment K as well as a defensive group that split from the Northern Front along with the Karelian Front. A prominent 1934 assassination happened in this city's Smolny Institute, a building which is now the governor's mansion. Over one million residents of this city perished during fighting here, despite it being supplied by the (*) "Road of Life" across Lake Lagoda. Its founder is depicted on the Bronze Horseman, and it was besieged for 900 days by the Germans in World War II. Home to the Winter Palace, for 10 points, name this city that from 1713 until 1918 was the imperial capital of Russia.
For much of the twentieth century, the harbor of this city contained a war ship called the Aurora.
Saint {Petersburg} [or {Petrograd}; or {Leningrad}]