Saint Petersburg
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city, first-level administrative division, hero city - Soviet honorary title
Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, tr.: Sankt-Peterbúrg, IPA: [sankt pʲɪtʲɪˈrburk]) is a city and a federal subject located in the Northwestern Federal District of Russia on the Neva River at the east end of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. St. Petersburg's informal name, Piter (Питер), is based on how Peter the Great was called by foreigners. The city's other names were Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924) and Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991).
Founded by Tsar Peter the Great on May 27, 1703, it was capital of the Russian Empire for more than two hundred years (1712-1728, 1732-1918). St. Petersburg ceased being the capital in 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. At latitude 59°56′N, Saint Petersburg is the world's largest city north of Moscow (55°45′N). 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. The city, as federal subject, has a total area of 1,439 square kilometres (556 sq mi).
The historic center of the city is the Admiralty building (and the adjacent Palace Square)
www.wikimapia.org/12394/The-Admiralty
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHcqkrbEwPM
Founded by Tsar Peter the Great on May 27, 1703, it was capital of the Russian Empire for more than two hundred years (1712-1728, 1732-1918). St. Petersburg ceased being the capital in 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. At latitude 59°56′N, Saint Petersburg is the world's largest city north of Moscow (55°45′N). 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. The city, as federal subject, has a total area of 1,439 square kilometres (556 sq mi).
The historic center of the city is the Admiralty building (and the adjacent Palace Square)
www.wikimapia.org/12394/The-Admiralty
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHcqkrbEwPM
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 59°56'21"N 30°5'32"E
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- Ylöjärvi 431 km
- Ikaalinen 443 km
- Sastamala 460 km
- Alavus centre 472 km
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- Nizhny Novgorod 879 km
- Fairway buoy 1 km
- Petrovsky Fairway 1 km
- Sandbank Gold Island (Zolotoy Ostrov) 4.7 km
- The Sea Channel 6.5 km
- Neva Bay 8.3 km
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