The Peter and Paul Fortress ... period, the fortress was used as a prison. Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Maxim Gorky, Mikhail Bakunin and Leon Trotsky are among the notables who were held there.

and the Neva River runs through the city center – St. Petersburg is a planned city that originated with the Peter and Paul Fortress on Zayachy Island (Hare Island). Palace Square, in the heart ...