WOW.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Bloody Sunday (1905) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1905)

    Bloody Sunday or Red Sunday [1] (Russian: Кровавое воскресенье, romanized: Krovavoye voskresenye, IPA: [krɐˈvavəɪ vəskrʲɪˈsʲenʲjɪ]) was the series of events on Sunday, 22 January [O.S. 9 January] 1905 in St Petersburg, Russia, when unarmed demonstrators, led by Father Georgy Gapon, were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard as they marched towards the ...

  3. Battle of Petrograd - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Petrograd

    around 2,000. British Baltic Fleet. 55,500. The Battle of Petrograd was a campaign by the White movement to take the city of Petrograd (at various times called Saint Petersburg, Petrograd, and Leningrad; now Saint Petersburg). The city held significant value, notably as it was the same city that the October Revolution took place in.

  4. Climate of Russia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Russia

    The climate of Russia is formed under the influence of several determining factors. The enormous size of the country and the remoteness of many areas from the sea result in the dominance of the continental climate, which is prevalent in European and Asian Russia except for the tundra and the extreme southwest. Mountains in the south obstructing ...

  5. Solovetsky Stone (Saint Petersburg) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solovetsky_Stone_(Saint...

    Weight. 10,400 kg. Location. Saint Petersburg. Coordinates. 59°57′08″N 30°19′34″E  /  59.952313°N 30.326125°E  / 59.952313; 30.326125. The Solovetsky Stone is a monument to the victims of political repression in the Soviet Union and to those who have fought and fight for freedom. It stands in Troitskaya (Trinity) Square in ...

  6. History of Saint Petersburg - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Saint_Petersburg

    The city of Saint Petersburg was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703. It became the capital of the Russian Empire and remained as such for more than two hundred years (1712–1728, 1732–1918). Saint Petersburg ceased being the capital in 1918 after the October Coup. [1]

  7. Geography of Saint Petersburg - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Saint_Petersburg

    Geography of Saint Petersburg. Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject located in the Northwestern Federal District of Russia. It stands at the mouth of the Neva River at the east end of the Gulf of Finland (part of the Baltic Sea ). The area of the city of Saint Petersburg proper is 605.8 km 2 (233.9 sq mi).

  8. French invasion of Russia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_invasion_of_Russia

    The former head of the St. Petersburg militia and a member of the State Council arrived on the 29th at Tsaryovo-Zaymishche, a border village. [144] [i] The weather was still unbearably hot and Kutuzov went on with Barclay's successful strategy, using attrition warfare instead of risking the army in an open battle. Napoleon's superiority in ...

  9. African leaders arrive in Russia for summit as Kremlin seeks ...

    www.aol.com/news/african-leaders-arrive-russia...

    Weather. African leaders arrive in Russia for summit as Kremlin seeks allies amid fighting in Ukraine. July 26, 2023 at 10:23 AM. ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Some African leaders arrived in ...