The Peter and Paul Fortress is where St. Petersburg was founded. Peter the Great commissioned the building of a fort on Hare Island in 1703 and initiated construction of the fortress. Among its ...

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ST. PETERSBURG, June 15. /TASS/. The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum opened with a midday bang from the Peter and Paul Fortress cannon, fired by Governor Alexander Beglov and Chairman ...