The St. Petersburg Accords, often called the Peace of St. Petersburg or the Treaty of 1812, signed in the Winter Palace on January 1st, 1812, ended the hostilities and tensions between the European countries of France and Russia, and Austria in the agreement. The accords were made by Napoleon so that Russia would no longer intervene in his ambitions. The peace enabled Napoleon to relief his country of war and return to peacetime. The accords, however, also allowed Napoleon to gain Russia as an ally. This marked an era that would allow French dominance of Europe.