Saint Petersburg is the northern capital of Russia

We begin our tour with the Peter and Paul Fortress the cradle of St. St. Petersburg, from which the history of the city and destiny began. St. Petersburg was supposed to become the umbilical capital of Russia is quite unusual, but St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg was founded during the Northern War against Sweden. This war was unleashed by Peter the Great in 1700 to return the Russian lands conquered by Sweden in the 17th century. Of course, Peter s main goal was to gain access to the Baltic Sea. Created as a military structure, the fortress has never played a special role. defensive role almost from the very beginning, it was used as a highly secret political prison, among the first prisoners was Alexei, the native son of Peter the Great. Гид Наталья Вишнякова Видеосъёмка и монтаж