The St. Petersburg Flood of 1824

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  • Kseniya Barabanova Center for Environmental and Technological History (CETH) of the European University at St. Petersburg (EUSP)

Abstract

The St. Petersburg flood of 1824, in which the level of the river Neva rose to the 4 meter 20 centimeter mark, is the greatest in the history of the city. The city did not recover from the destructive effects of the flood until the mid-1830s.

 

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2014-02-25

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