Alina Aguiar

 The city was founded by the Tsar Peter the Great in 1703 on the site of the site of a Swedish fortress. The city was named in honor of the saintly apostle Saint Peter. The city of Saint Petersburg is culturally and historically linked to the beginning of the Russian Empire and its entry into modern times as a European powerful power. It was the capital city of the Tsardom and the subsequent Russian Empire from 1713 to 1918. Moscow replaced it for only a short period of time between 1728 and. The Bolsheviks transferred the administration to Moscow following the October Revolution of 1917. Saint Petersburg, Russia's cultural capital, was frequented by more than 15 million visitors in the year 2018. It is a significant economic and scientific, cultural, and tourism hub in Russia as well as Europe. The city is referred to as the "Northern Capital of Russia" and is home to a number of notable federal government offices like the Constitutional Court of Russia or the Heraldic Council of the President of the Russian Federation. It is also the headquarters of the National Library of Russia. The Supreme Court of Russia is scheduled to be located in the city. The UNESCO World Heritage Site is the Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments. Saint Petersburg is home of the Hermitage that is among the most important art museums around the world and also the Lakhta Center (the tallest building in Europe) as well as the Hermitage. It was also one of the cities that hosted to the 2018 FIFA World Cup.