from the balcony of an upscale apartment in Petrograd (formerly St. Petersburg, Russia), a semi-nude woman stood blood-soaked and screamed for help into the streets below. The apartment belonged ...
In the evening of October 25, 1917, the Winter Palace in Petrograd (today’s St. Petersburg) was stormed. This event marked ...
Petrograd Telegraph Agency (PTA) On August 19, 1914, one day after Nicholas the Second ruled to rename St. Petersburg into Petrograd, SPTA changed its name accordingly and became the Petrograd ...