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Friday, 22 May 2026
37 facts about Saint Petersburg
37 facts about Saint Petersburg
A city of many names
It was a dream and a matter of prestige for the Romanov dynasty to gain access to the Baltic Sea and build a metropolis to testify to Russia's emergin ...

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Saint Petersburg
Peter I supervised the construction of the fortress from his bungalow, the so-called Peter I hut, which was erected especially for him before the construction of the city began. Construction of the port, residential buildings, and road network also began.
The carpenters built him a cottage, consisting of two chambers divided by a hallway, with a small do ...
Munich
BMW comes from Munich. It was established in 1916 by the merger of three companies producing aircraft engines.
In the initial years, the company dealt exclusively with this branch of production and it produced i ...
Potsdam
After the announcement of the Edict of Potsdam, which encouraged Protestants to settle in Brandenburg, Potsdam became a center of European immigration.
The religious freedom prevailing there attracted people from France (Huguenots), Russia, the Netherl ...
Copenhagen
There are over 400 kilometers of bicycle paths in Copenhagen. Recently, a bicycle highway connecting Copenhagen with the nearby city of Albertslund was launched.
Potsdam
In 1806, Potsdam was occupied by French troops, personally commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte.
In 1815, it became the capital of the Brandenburg province and remained so until 1918. The exception ...
Saint Petersburg
The city's population was growing steadily.
At the beginning of the 19th century, about 300.000 people lived in St. Petersburg, in 1853 - about ...
Kaliningrad
Królewiec was one of the centers of Polish printing (along with Wrocław and Krakow).
In the years 1543-1552, more books in Polish were published in Królewiec and Ełk than in the entire ...
Chicago
Chicago experienced its greatest boom at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
It was then that the city saw an influx of people who came to America from Europe. In 1900, 1.7 million people lived in Chicago, and 10 years later it was almost 2.2 million.
Los Angeles
Palm trees are common in the Los Angeles area.
Palm trees are common in the Los Angeles area. The official tree of Los Angeles is the coral tree (E ...
Shanghai
It is one of the world’s major business, financial and economical centers.
Shanghai is ranked the fifth city in the world by the number of Fortune Global 500 companies.