A City of HeroesSt.PetersburgMoscowSt. PetersburgThe second largest city next to Moscow in Russia next the Baltic Sea.It is also the largest seaport. St. Petersburg 1703,founded as capital Petrograd 1914, 1st World War Leningrad 1924,when Lenin diedSt. Petersburg 1991,when Soviet Union broke upPeter I, the Great Peter I, the Great, (1672-1725) One of the most famous rulers inhistory. He ruled first as Czar (king)of Russia and later became Russias first emperor.He changed Russia froma weak country into a great power. He improved Russias army and created a navy and won many wars against other countries making Russia a large country.In 1703, he founded the city of St.Petersburg on territory taken from Sweden and made it the capital of Russia.It was a beautiful city with many large buildings ,Statues and museums etc.Most of them looked like something out of a fairy tale.Questions:Which river runs through the city of Petersburg?How do you understand “where there is a river ,there is a great city”?What kind of person was Peter I ?What happened in 1941? What was the result?What was difficult when rebuilding the city?What is the city like now?Summer PalaceDiscussion:Why is the city called “a city of Heroes?What should we do to protect our cultural relics?