History of Saint Petersburg
Founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703. It became capital of the Russian Empire for more than two hundred years (1712–1728, 1732–1918). St. Petersburg ceased being the capital in 1918 after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg () was established on August 2, 1932, as a creative union of the Leningrad artists and arts critics. Prior to 1959, it was called "". From 1959 (when it joined the Union of Artists of the RSFSR), it was called as "Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation". After the renaming of the city in 1991, it became known as the "Saint Petersburg Union of Artists".