Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg - description, photo, routes, map

Having began a war with Sweden for the outlet to the Baltic Sea, Peter I won several im-portant battles. However, he decided not to fortify Swedish fortresses Derpt and Nieshants located at the source and in the estuary of the Neva accordingly, but to build a new fortress on the small Hare`s Island, near Vasilievskiy Island