The Peter and Paul Fortress was the first building, initially intended as a strategic defense during the Great Northern War.
The city's construction was rapid and brutal, involving the forced labor of thousands of serfs, many of whom perished due to the harsh marshland conditions. gdz sankt-peterburg kultura i byt istoriia spb
Peter’s goal was to modernize Russia and reduce its isolation from the West. The Peter and Paul Fortress was the first