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For 200 years the vast Russian empire was ruled from this
half-km block at St Petersburg's heart. This is one of Europe's
great squares, lined with colourful yet elegant edifices
and dotted with monuments commemorating Russia's victory
over Napoleon. It witnessed Bloody Sunday in 1905, the Bolshevik's
grab for power in 1917, and all-night vigils in the name
of democracy during the 1991 coup.
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