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Why did Russia take over St. Petersburg? Russia took over St. Petersburg, then known as Nyenschantz, in 1703 during the Great Northern War. The city was strategically located at the mouth of the Neva River and was seen as a key to controlling the Baltic Sea. Peter the Great, the …
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