A chronological list of the important events for
the topic "Saint Petersburg"
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1783 Died
1878 The revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, the Governor of Saint Petersburg.
1924 Petrograd (St. PetersburgSaint Petersburg Saint Petersburg listen is a city located in northwestern Russia [i] on t ...
) is renamed Leningrad.
1934 In the Soviet UnionSoviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , more commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a Communist state [i] ...
, Politburo member Sergei Kirov is shot dead at the Communist PartyCommunist party In modern usage, a communist party is a political party [i] which promotes communism [i], the sociopolit ...
headquarters in LeningradSaint Petersburg Saint Petersburg listen is a city located in northwestern Russia [i] on t ...
by Leonid Nikolaev (it is widely thought that Soviet leader Joseph StalinJoseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin , alternatively transliterated Josef Stalin, was the de facto [i] ...
ordered this murder).
1941World War IIWorld War II World War II, or the Second World War, was a worldwide [i] conflict [i] fought betwe ...
: Siege of LeningradSiege of Leningrad The Siege of Leningrad was the German [i] siege [i] of Leningrad [i] during World War II [i] and ...
begins - GermanGermany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country [i] in central Europe [i]. ...
forces begin a siege against the Soviet UnionSoviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , more commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a Communist state [i] ...
's second-largest city, LeningradSaint Petersburg Saint Petersburg listen is a city located in northwestern Russia [i] on t ...
. Stalin orders the Volga Deutsche deported to Siberia.
1944 The Soviet troops start the offensive at LeningradSaint Petersburg Saint Petersburg listen is a city located in northwestern Russia [i] on t ...
and Novgorod.
1991 The name ''Saint Petersburg'' is restored to RussiaRussia Russia , also the Russian Federation , is a country [i] that stretches over a vast expanse of Eurasia [i] ...
's second-largest city, which had been renamed ''Leningrad'' in 1924.
1998 In St. PetersburgSaint Petersburg Saint Petersburg listen is a city located in northwestern Russia [i] on t ...
, Nicholas II of RussiaNicholas II of Russia Nicholas II of Russia was the last Emperor of Russia [i], King of Poland [i], and Grand Duke of Finland [i] ...
and his family are buried in St. Catherine Chapel, 80 years after he and his family were killed by BolshevikBolshevik Bolsheviks were members of the Bolshevik faction of the Marxist [i] Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party [i] ...
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