The city of St. Petersburg, founded by Tsar Peter the Great in 1703, stands as one of Russia's most significant cities, both as a symbol of Peter's ambition to modernize Russia and as a monument to the immense human cost required to bring that vision to life. Its construction on a barren, swampy stretch of land along the Neva River has given rise to its grim nickname, "the City Built on Bones."

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