Historical place archive

St Petersburg in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at St Petersburg in Russia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

5 records5 event labels4 people1869–1996

Historical events in St Petersburg

1869

1869
Periodic Table
Dmitri Mendeleev · Chemistry

Places uranium in the developing periodic system.

1871

1871
Black Sea Clauses
Alexander Gorchakov · Crimean War

Repudiates Black Sea restrictions after France's defeat by Prussia.

1913

30 May 1913
Serbian Question
Sergei Sazonov · Balkan Wars, 1st

Backs Serbia while trying to manage Great Power tension.

December 1913
Postwar Diplomacy
Sergei Sazonov · Balkan Wars, 2nd

Backs Serbia after the Balkan settlements.

1996

20 April 1996
St Petersburg Nuclear Safety Summit
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin · Government of Russia

Hosts G7 leaders for a summit focused on nuclear safety and holds bilateral talks with Bill Clinton.

Provenance

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