Saint Petersburg is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow, with a population of around 5 million in 2012. The city of Saint Petersburg is an important Russian port on the Baltic Sea, it has a status of a federal subject (a federal city).
The city is lies along the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. Saint Petersburg was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27th May 1703. On 1st September 1914, the name of the city was changed from Saint Petersburg to Petrograd. On 26th January 1924 it as changed to Leningrad. On 1st 1991 October the name of the city was changed back to Saint Petersburg. Between 1713 and 1728 and in 1732–1918, Saint Petersburg was the capital of Imperial Russia. In 1918, the central government moved to Moscow, that is situated around 625 km (388 miles) away from St. Petersburg to the south-east.
Saint Petersburg is one of the most modern cities of Russia and its cultural capital. The Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments constitute a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Saint Petersburg is home to the Hermitage, one of the largest art museums across the world. Many foreign consulates, international corporations, banks and businesses have offices in Saint Petersburg.
The centre of Saint Petersburg is very beautiful and many thousands of tourists visit the city every day in the summer.
The city is lies along the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. Saint Petersburg was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27th May 1703. On 1st September 1914, the name of the city was changed from Saint Petersburg to Petrograd. On 26th January 1924 it as changed to Leningrad. On 1st 1991 October the name of the city was changed back to Saint Petersburg. Between 1713 and 1728 and in 1732–1918, Saint Petersburg was the capital of Imperial Russia. In 1918, the central government moved to Moscow, that is situated around 625 km (388 miles) away from St. Petersburg to the south-east.
Saint Petersburg is one of the most modern cities of Russia and its cultural capital. The Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments constitute a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Saint Petersburg is home to the Hermitage, one of the largest art museums across the world. Many foreign consulates, international corporations, banks and businesses have offices in Saint Petersburg.
The centre of Saint Petersburg is very beautiful and many thousands of tourists visit the city every day in the summer.
Welcome to one of the most beautiful cities of the world !
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| White nights in St. Petersburg |
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| The building was designed by architect Pavel Suzor for the Russian branch of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. |
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| A view from a passage of Great Gostiny Dvor |
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| Statue of Domenico Trezzini |
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| The General Staff Building |
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| Punishment |
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| St. Petersburg is twinned with Dresden and Rotterdam |
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| Wild West |
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| A carriage for a Royal Family |
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| The Batmobile |
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| Hello ! I'm a farmer. And you ? |
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| The monument to Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly next to Kazan Cathedral |
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| A statue |
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| On The Palace Square |
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| View of Nevsky Prospekt (Avenue) from Gostiny Dvor |
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| Monument to Catherine II of Russia |
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| The Monument to Peter the Great |
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| The Cat Museum |
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| A statue in a park |
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| By The River Neva |
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| Holiday in Saint Petersburg |
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| The entrance to Peter and Paul Fortress |
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| View of Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul |
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| One of buildings of The State Hermitage Museum |
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| Anna Ioannovna with a Little Negro Boy |
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| The Smolny Cathedral |
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| Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul |
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| A statue somewhere in the city |
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| Who is The Big Chief here ? |
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| The General Staff Building |
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| A boat with tourists |
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| One of Ancient Egyptian Sphinxes in front of the Academy of Arts |
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| Saint Petersburg Mint on the territory of Peter and Paul Fortress |
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| A view from Gostiny Dvor |
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| On The Palace Square |
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| Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul |
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| The Hotel Moscow |
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| The monument to Ivan Andreyevich Krylov, Russia's best-known fabulist and characters of his fabulae. |
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| A view from Gostiny Dvor |
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| A view of Nevsky Prospekt (Avenue) |
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| It was on a white night |
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| St. Petersburg |
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| Near The Alexandrinsky Theatre |
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| In The Summer Garden |
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| A view of The Winter Palace |
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| The General Staff Building and The Palace Square |
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| The General Staff Building |
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| Tourists at Ancient Egyptian Sphinx is real |
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| A part of a granite embankment |
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| A passage in The Summer Garden |
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| A view from a window of The State Hermitage Museum |
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| A submarine |
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| Ancient Egyptian Sphinx |
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| Ancient Egyptian Sphinx |
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| Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul |
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| Enjoying a boat tour along The River Neva |
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| Enjoying a boat tour |
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| In front of The Kazan Cathedral |
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| By The State Russian Museum |
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| Works of Dutch Painters in The State Hermitage Museum |
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| A cat from Saint Petersburg, Russia |
