In that, he told his select audience that Peter the Great was a role model ... the land where Peter created St Petersburg as Russia's bold new capital, Mr Putin said. Now they all do.

The Peter and Paul Fortress is where St. Petersburg was founded. Peter the Great commissioned the building ... also houses the remains of centuries of Russian czars and their families.

The exposition, dubbed ‘Peter the Great. The Birth of Empire,’ is designed in the form of an immersive biography performance MOSCOW, June 9. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ...