Palace Square backed by the General staff arch and building, as the main square of the Russian Empire it was the setting of many events of historic significance (Source)
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Decembrists at the Senate Square, December 26, 1825. (Source)
While not originally named for Tsar Peter the Great, during World War I the city was changed from the Germanic Peterburg to Petrograd in his honour (Source)
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Soviet era apartment buildings in Saint Petersburg, July 2010 (Source)
