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Events on Sunday 27 May 1703 1
1703Founding of Saint PetersburgPeter the Great establishes his new capital on the NevaPeter the Great laid the foundations of the Peter and Paul Fortress on an island in the Neva River delta, marking the founding of Saint Petersburg. The city became Russia's "window on the West" and its capital for over two centuries.