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Main article: History of Russia
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1702: The return of the Oreshek fortress by the troops of Peter I
1702 Ladoga Fortress became the main rear military base during the campaign of Peter I on the fortress of Oreshek (Noteburg).
1703: The foundation of the fortress of St. Petersburg on Hare Island
On May 16 (27), 1703, the fortress of St. Petersburg was laid on Zayachy Island in the Neva Delta, later renamed Petropavlovskaya. In just four months, powerful fortifications of wood, turf and land were erected here.
Operas about Peter I
Peter the Great (Pierre le Grand, 1790) - opera by Andre Gretry
"The Youth of Peter the Great" (Das Petermännchen, 1794) - opera by Joseph Weigl
"The Carpenter Tsar, or the Dignity of a Woman" (1814) - singspiel of K. A. Liechtenstein
"Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia, or Livonian Carpenter" (Pietro il Grande zar di tutte le Russie or Il falegname di Livonia, 1819) - opera by Gaetano Donizetti
Saardam Burgomaster (Il borgomastro di Saardam, 1827) - opera by Gaetano Donizetti
"The King and the Carpenter" (Zar und Zimmermann, 1837) - Albert Lorzing operetta
"The North Star" (L'étoile du nord, 1854) - opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer
"Tobacco Captain" (1942) - operetta by V.V. Shcherbachev
"Peter I" (1975) - opera by Andrei Petrov
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