1824 Saint Petersburg flood

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The 1824 Saint Petersburg flood was a catastrophic inundation of the Russian imperial capital caused by a severe storm surge in the Neva River, resulting in widespread destruction and loss of life and later immortalized in Russian literature and art.

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1824 Saint Petersburg flood canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf flood ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
affectedArea Admiralty district ⓘ
linked to: Admiralty

Petrograd Side ⓘ
Vasilyevsky Island ⓘ
central Saint Petersburg ⓘ
affectedRiver Neva River ⓘ
calendar Gregorian calendar ⓘ
Julian calendar ⓘ
cause severe storm in Gulf of Finland ⓘ
storm surge ⓘ
commemoratedBy historical chronicles ⓘ
memorial plaques in Saint Petersburg ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
damageExtent inundation of low-lying districts ⓘ
loss of property ⓘ
widespread destruction of buildings ⓘ
deadliestFloodInCityHistory true ⓘ
depictedIn The Bronze Horseman ⓘ
historical engravings ⓘ
paintings of 19th-century Russian artists ⓘ
poem "The Bronze Horseman" ⓘ
linked to: The Bronze Horseman
depictedInWorkBy Alexander Pushkin ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfDeaths hundreds ⓘ
possibly over 500 ⓘ
hasEffect disruption of transport in Saint Petersburg ⓘ
economic losses for the city ⓘ
homelessness for many residents ⓘ
influenced flood protection measures in Saint Petersburg ⓘ
later construction of Saint Petersburg Flood Prevention Facility Complex ⓘ
urban planning in Saint Petersburg ⓘ
inspired literary descriptions of catastrophic floods ⓘ
languageOfPrimaryHistoricalAccounts Russian ⓘ
locatedInTime 19th century ⓘ
location Neva River ⓘ
Saint Petersburg ⓘ
linked to: St. Petersburg
maximumWaterLevelAboveNormal 4.21 metres ⓘ
about 13.8 feet ⓘ
naturalHazardType coastal flooding ⓘ
river flooding ⓘ
notableFor exceptionally high water level in Neva River ⓘ
major impact on Russian literature and art ⓘ
partOf history of Saint Petersburg ⓘ
history of floods in Russia ⓘ
pointInTime 1824-11-07 ⓘ
pointInTimeOldStyle 1824-10-25 ⓘ
politicalContext reign of Alexander I of Russia ⓘ
region Gulf of Finland ⓘ
waterBody Neva Bay ⓘ

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The Bronze Horseman → historicalEventDepicted → 1824 Saint Petersburg flood ⓘ