{"id":13088,"date":"2014-03-12T04:30:34","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T04:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/today-in-history-march-12\/"},"modified":"2014-03-12T04:37:38","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T04:37:38","slug":"today-in-history-march-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/today-in-history-march-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in History, March 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{{Ninety-six years ago today, on March 12, 1918, Moscow became Russia&#8217;s capital again. The title had belonged to St. Petersburg for over 200 years.}}<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-4581 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ooj.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{Above is a painting by Fyodor Yakovlevich Alekseyev of Moscow&#8217;s Red Square in the early 19th century.Below is the Kremlin in Moscow Russia}}<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-4586 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/polk-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-4582 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/uupo.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{Catherine Palace in St. Petersburg}}<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-4583 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/oon.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p> {{St. Petersburg city}}<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-4584 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/st_petersburg_attractions_hermitage_museum.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{Hermitage Museum in st. Petersburg}}<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-4585 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/winter_palace__st._petersburg__russia.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{Winter Palace in st. Petersburg}}<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-4587 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/uuuno.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{Russia President greets senior Military officers}}<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-4589 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/y-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{Above an Olympic stadium in Sochi Russia where the Olympic Games were held 2014.Sochi cost $51B, $49B more than Salt Lake City Olympics.Below is Bolshoy Ice Dome which cost $302M to build. The equivalent stadium built for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver cost a mere $51M.}}<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-4588 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/iiu.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{Ninety-six years ago today, on March 12, 1918, Moscow became Russia&#8217;s capital again. 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