peter the great
- n czar of Russia who introduced ideas from western Europe to reform the government; he extended his territories in the Baltic and founded St. Petersburg (1682-1725)
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- Russian history imperiled by rising prices
Developers and preservationists tussle the whole world over, but feelings run especially high in the city founded by Peter the Great as Russia’s window to Europe. In a country studded with concrete apartment houses, St. Petersburg is a riverside jewel — once dreary and dusty after decades of Soviet neglect but now spiffed up again.
July 7, 2013 - Boston Globe - Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace St. Petersburg Heralds a New Era in One of Europe's Most Exciting Cities
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, July 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- While Peter the Great was known to prefer more humble accommodations, Catherine the Great certainly would have approved: nearly two centuries after ...
July 3, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance