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<p>The first flood in St. Petersburg city occurred 3 months after its founding, on the night of 19 to 20 August 1703. The water rose more than 2 meters. The water rose much higher on 20 September 1706, which in his letter to <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Danilovich_Menshikov" title="Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov">Alexander Menshikov</a>, <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_I_of_Russia" title="Peter I of Russia" class="mw-redirect">Peter I</a> described as "the west-south-