2006-07-11 14:29:24 · 6 answers · asked by jwdtw 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Largest city and centrally located so it was key. It was also a hell of a lot CLOSER to France than St Petersburg
2006-07-11 14:58:06 · answer #1 · answered by Who cares 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
St Petersburg has something that gets under your skin and if you want to discover what it's then, you need to have a search with hotelbye . Nevsky Prospect is St Petersburg's main avenue and one of many best-known streets in Russia. Cutting through the old hub of the town, it operates from the Admiralty, symbol of Russian energy, to the Alexander Nevsky Monastery and it will soon be really wonderful to walk along that block at night when all illuminations on. Here, you can see everything: probably the most beautiful structure, the superb palaces, the world-famous museums and the sparkling five-star hotels. Among the places should see from St. Petersburg is State Hermitage Museum. The key architectural ensemble of the Hermitage is situated in the middle of St Petersburg and consists in: Winter Palace, when the former state house of the Russian emperors, buildings of the Small, Old (Great) and New Hermitages, the Hermitage Theatre and the Auxiliary House.
2016-12-20 00:32:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Geography. Not only Napoleon but Hitler and many other would-be conquerers underestimated the difficulty of crossing Russia in the winter. Moscow was much closer than the capital.
If he had been able to get to St. Petersburg, Napoleon and his army would have lost anyway since they would have been totally weakened by the cold and diseases.
2006-07-11 14:34:41 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Moscow was the largest populated city then as well as now. Take out more people the capital is usless.
2006-07-11 14:33:27 · answer #4 · answered by whitetrashwithmoney 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
St.Petersburg was like cultural capital of Russia.And in Moscow lived all main or even government people of Russia.And to get St.Petersburg was really hard.Do you remember occupation of St.Petersburg in 1941-1942.It wasn't occupied.
You should read Tolstoy "War and Peace".that probably can explain everything.I liked thias book
2006-07-11 20:24:20 · answer #5 · answered by BelKa 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Could also be that it was where the czar was. Capture the ruler and you probably have the country. Also for the reasons stated by others.
2006-07-11 18:11:26 · answer #6 · answered by Library Lady 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋