| The city of St. Petersburg is celebrating
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| | Fortress was built as a fortification
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| its 303 anniversary this year.
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| | construction, it was never used as such:
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| Nowadays it is a megapolis with a
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| | never since the 1704 St. Petersburg lands
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| population of more that 5 million people,
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| | were under the threat of Swedish
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| a city with a fascinating history and
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| | invasion.For almost two centuries it
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| culture.However, if we could look at
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| | served as a main political prison of the
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| these lands back in the year 1703, we
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| | country. One of the first convicts became
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| would find vast marshy lands and small
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| | Tsarevitch Alexey, the son of Peter I,
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| villages scattered here and there.
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| | who was against the politics of his
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| The foundation of the city dates to the
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| | father.Among the famous prisoners of
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| time of the first construction at this
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| | Peter and Paul Fortress were Dostoevsky,
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| place - Peter and Paul Fortress.Peter and
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| | Gorky, Trotsky and Lenin's older brother
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| Paul Fortress was founded in May 1703.
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| | Alexander.The special place in the
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| After the series of successful military
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| | fortress ensemble belongs to the
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| actions against Sweden, Russian troops
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| | Cathedral of Peter and Paul. It was built
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| pushed the border far northwest, thus
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| | in 1713-1733 by architect Tresini on the
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| reconstructing the original boundaries of
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| | place of a wooden church, founded in
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| 1613 and gaining the outlet to the Baltic
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| | honor of apostles Peter and Paul. The
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| sea.Peter the Great, then 31-year-old
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| | cathedral is decorated with gilded spire
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| Russian emperor, had decided to protect
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| | about 404 ft high, topped with the
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| the new conquered lands by constructing a
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| | weather vane shaped as an Angel, who is
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| fortress and by building a city - port,
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| | said to watch over and protect the city.
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| which very soon has become known as St.
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| | The Cathedral of Peter and Paul served as
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| Petersburg.The Fortress was named after
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| | a royal burial-vault. The founder of the
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| St. Peter and St. Paul, two highly
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| | city, Peter the Great died, while this
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| worshiped saints in Russia. The place
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| | cathedral was still unfinished. His body
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| that was chosen for the fortress was a
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| | was temporally placed in the specially
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| small island in the delta of the Neva
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| | constructed chapel and then reburied in
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| river called the "Hare" island. The
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| | the new cathedral.The last burial
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| construction works started on May 28,
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| | ceremony in the Cathedral of Peter and
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| 1703 and this date is considered to be
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| | Paul took place in the summer of 1998, on
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| the birthday of St. Petersburg.The
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| | the eightieth anniversary of the
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| hexagonal shape of the Fortress made it
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| | execution of Nicolas II, his wife
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| possible to build in the whole territory
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| | Alexandra Fedorovna, their children, and
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| of the island. First constructions were
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| | servants. The last Russian Emperor and
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| made of earth and wood, but already by
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| | his family are buried in the St.
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| 1706 all wooden parts were replaced with
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| | Catherine chapel of the cathedral.
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| stone. Although the Peter and Paul
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