失落的陪都经过历代帝王的修缮和改建,17世纪初的克里姆林宫以其卓然不群的姿态成为俄罗斯名符实归的首都。人们对彼得大帝也抱着同样的期望,期望克里姆林宫在其统治下进一步得到拓展。但身为俄罗斯历史上继往开来的一代雄主,彼得却有其自己的考虑。自1689年平定了他的姐姐索菲娅及其党羽的叛乱之后,彼得才真正把执掌俄罗斯的大权牢牢地握在自己的手中。为了巩固和壮大俄罗斯,使之真正成为欧洲的强国,彼得化名为低级士官,深入西欧险地,学习和考察欧洲新兴列强的知识和经验。经过若干年的励精图治,彼得于1703年在芬兰湾的涅瓦河两岸建起了以自己名字命名的城市——圣彼得堡,进而于1712年 Lost Accompanied by the ancient emperors repair and alteration, the early seventeenth Century Kremlin with its outstanding gesture to become Russia’s real capital. People also hold the same expectations of Peter the Great and expect the Kremlin to further develop under its rule. But as a generation of masters of the Russian past and future, Peter has its own considerations. Since the pacification of his sister Sophia and his party’s rebels in 1689, Peter really took his power firmly in charge of Russia. In order to consolidate and strengthen Russia and make it a real power in Europe, Peter became known as a low-ranking non-commissioned officer and went deep into the dangerous areas of Western Europe to learn and study the knowledge and experience of the emerging powers in Europe. After several years of good governance, Peter built the city of St. Petersburg, named after himself, on both sides of the Neva in the Gulf of Finland in 1703, and in 1712