Saint Petersburg
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- Saint Petersburg,
- Санкт-Петербург,
- С. Петербург,
- St. Petersburg,
- St. Petersburg, Russia
Saint Petersburg (, tr.: Sankt-Peterburg, ) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city's other names were Petrograd (, 1914–1924) and Leningrad (, 1924–1991). It is informally known as Piter .
Founded by Emperor Peter the Great on May 27, 1703, it was the capital of the Russian Empire for more than two hundred years (1713-1728, 1732-1918). Saint Petersburg ceased being the capital in 1918 after the Russian Revolution of 1917. It is Russia's second largest and Europe's fourth largest city (by city limit) after Moscow, London and Paris. 4.6 million people live in the city, and over 6 million people live in the city's vicinity. Saint Petersburg is a major European cultural center, and important Russian port on the Baltic Sea.
Saint Petersburg is often described as the most Western European styled city of Russia. Among cities of the world with over one million people, Saint Petersburg is the...
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- St. Michael's Castle,
- Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance,
- Kirov Stadium,
- Saint Petersburg Polytechnical University,
- Hermitage Museum,
- Saint Petersburg State University,
- Shorecrest Preparatory School,
- Smolny College,
- Saint Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics,
- Saint-Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics,
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- May 26, 1703
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