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Little Germany (German Petersburg)
0.935 km.
The history of German Petersburg starts literally from the foundation the city on the Neva River. Peter the Great wanted to make from Saint Petersburg "Northern Paradise" and therefore invited many talented Germans.
They were architectures, sculptors, artists and scientists, workers, pharmacists, bakers, brewers and shoemakers. They all founded a German settlement, which later became the largest one among all other foreign societies in Saint Petersburg. Russian government supported and helped this "Little Germany" - German citizens could follow their religion, keep their national customs and traditions, organize schools and even print papers in their language.
