Peter the Great, Czar of Russia, was in the process of modernizing and reforming Russia. So, to encourage development and education, he desired a faster method of transit to the West. He achieved this by war with Sweden for twenty-one years to get a seaport next to the Baltic Sea. To be more precise, Peter had already obtained the port before Sweden had formally yielded it and began to build on it. Although the marshy location was detrimental, Peter considered it perfect because ships could travel the Neva River into the Baltic sea, which lead to the West; and he named the city St. Petersburg after his patron saint. Due to the swampy nature of the selected area, establishing a city was difficult. Due to this, Peter ordered thousands of serfs
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Petersburg has been involved with several major events. The first event is the Russian Revolution of 1905. For a few years before 1905, various social unions protested Russia’s political and social systems, especially in favor for a republic or assembly. However, this resulted in the slaughter of peaceful protesters in the square nearby Winter Palace in what is called Bloody Sunday for Russia. In St. Petersburg and other notable industrial cities, mass strikes came afterwards. In an attempt to reconcile with the workers who were striking, Czar Nicholas II declared his objective of creating an elected council, which would counsel the government. His proposition did not appease the protesters. The rebellion eventually came to its maximum in October/November. The enormity of the strike finally persuaded Nicholas to release the October Manifesto, guaranteeing a constitution and creation of an elected legislature. These promises did not satisfy the radicals’ and liberals’ wishes, but some moderates and many workers went back to doing their jobs. However, on March 8, 1917, the protests started back up again with shouts such as “Down with autocracy!” or “Down with the war!” Czar Nicholas’ response was to instruct Russian soldiers to restrain the protests; however, a large number of them desisted from following that order and instead entered the group of protesters. Having lost authority, Czar Nicholas renounced his throne to his brother, who turned it down. Because of this, a joint rulership between provisional government and Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies was made. However, the relationship between the two were unsteady. The provisional government decided to keep Russia in the war, which was an unpopular decision. Vladmir Lenin, a Marxist radical, came back from exile, and with his Bolshevik Party, they ousted the provisional government in what was known as the October Revolution and transferred power to the Petrograd Soviet. Petrograd was what
Petersburg has been involved with several major events. The first event is the Russian Revolution of 1905. For a few years before 1905, various social unions protested Russia’s political and social systems, especially in favor for a republic or assembly. However, this resulted in the slaughter of peaceful protesters in the square nearby Winter Palace in what is called Bloody Sunday for Russia. In St. Petersburg and other notable industrial cities, mass strikes came afterwards. In an attempt to reconcile with the workers who were striking, Czar Nicholas II declared his objective of creating an elected council, which would counsel the government. His proposition did not appease the protesters. The rebellion eventually came to its maximum in October/November. The enormity of the strike finally persuaded Nicholas to release the October Manifesto, guaranteeing a constitution and creation of an elected legislature. These promises did not satisfy the radicals’ and liberals’ wishes, but some moderates and many workers went back to doing their jobs. However, on March 8, 1917, the protests started back up again with shouts such as “Down with autocracy!” or “Down with the war!” Czar Nicholas’ response was to instruct Russian soldiers to restrain the protests; however, a large number of them desisted from following that order and instead entered the group of protesters. Having lost authority, Czar Nicholas renounced his throne to his brother, who turned it down. Because of this, a joint rulership between provisional government and Petrograd Soviet of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies was made. However, the relationship between the two were unsteady. The provisional government decided to keep Russia in the war, which was an unpopular decision. Vladmir Lenin, a Marxist radical, came back from exile, and with his Bolshevik Party, they ousted the provisional government in what was known as the October Revolution and transferred power to the Petrograd Soviet. Petrograd was what