St. Petersburg is built on this.
Peter and Paul Fortress
The church of the Resurrection of Christ, where Tsar Alexander II was assassinated in 1881, is often nicknamed what?
The Church of the Spilled Bloood
St Petersburg was founded in 1703 by Peter the Great on land which he had recently conquered from which European power?
Sweden
This divides St. Petersburg.
What is the Neva River?
Peterhof
The 1825 Decembrist Revolution in Peter's Square was led by over 3,000 soldiers who were opposed to which emperor taking the throne?
Nicolas I
The reign of Catherine the Great from St. Petersburg is often called what in Russian history?
The Russian Golden Age
Because of its rivers and canals, Piter is often nicknamed what?
the Venice of the North
Who is the architect of the Mikhailovsky Palace?
Rossi
Which Russian empress commissioned the Winter Palace?
Elizabeth
Which empress began the Hermitage collection?
Catherine II
St. Petersburg is located at the east end of this body of water.
What is the Gulf of Finland?
Who had made the first consolidated general plan of St. Petersburg?
Leblon
Which historical personage was assassinated (at least partly) at the Yusupov Palace in St Petersburg?
Rasputin
By what name was St Petersburg known between 1914 and 1924?
Petrograd
This is the sea that St. Petersburg stands on.
What is the Baltic Sea?
Who had made the development plan of Vasilyevsky Island?
Trezzini
Where is Tsar Nicholas II buried?
Peter and Paul Cathedral
A statue of which tsar sits atop the column in St Petersburg built to commemorate Russia's victory over Napoleon?
Alexander I