On this day, 322 years ago, May 27, 1703 (April 12, 1703, the lunar calendar), the founding day of the city of Leningrad in the Soviet Union, and the city was named St. Petersburg. May 27, 1703 was the foundation laying day of Leningrad in the Soviet Union. The city is named St. Petersburg. In 1914, the tsarist Russian government changed its name to Petrograd. In 1918, it was the capital of Russia.