Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin12 March 1918
The capital moves to Moscow while Petrograd remains symbolically important.
Russia · Government / Soviet Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The capital moves to Moscow while Petrograd remains symbolically important.
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