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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd (Петроград) and later Leningrad (Ленинград), is the second-largest city in Russia, after Moscow, the nation's capital. Situated on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, its area of 1,439 square kilometers (556 sq mi) makes it the smallest administrative division of Russia by…

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Founded
27 May 1703; 323 years ago (1703-05-27)
Airport
Pulkovo Airport
Area code
812
City raions
See list
Country
Russia
Demonym
Petersburgian

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Tourism

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Transportation

International relations

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related to External links · 49
Saint Petersburg → Aerial PanoramaAtchinson, Archived, Authority, BBCSt-Petersburg, Bealby, Bob, Burton Holmes, Cambridge University Press, City, City Tourist Portal, December, Encyclopaedia, Encyclopædia Britannica, English, February, FIFA World Cup Host, FIFASt Petersburg, Historic Cities Archived, Hugh, Imperial Russia
related to Cityscape · 41
Saint Petersburg → Arts, Baroque, Bolshaya Neva, Bolsheviks, Each, Europe, Exchange, Exchange Bridge, Historic Centre, Imperial Academy, It, Kunstkamera, Leningrad, Leningrad Oblast, Malaya Neva, Menshikov Palace, Monuments, Neoclassical, Neva, Neva River
related to Literature · 39
Saint Petersburg → According, Alexander Blok, Andrei Bely, Andrey Bely, Anna Akhmatova, Another, Ayn Rand, Dostoyevsky, English, Gogol, Guide, Half, Her, In, It, Joseph Brodsky, Literature, Lotman, Mind, Nobel Prize
related to Music · 31
Saint Petersburg → Alexander Borodin, Alexander Glazounov, Among, Anatoly Liadov, Anna Pavlova, Anton Rubinstein, Artur Kapp, Dmitri Shostakovich, Galina Ulanova, Igor Stravinsky, Kirov Theatre, Leading, Mariinsky, Mariinsky Ballet, Mariinsky Theatre, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Mikhail Glinka, Modest Mussorgsky, Natalia Makarova, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
related to Parks · 28
Saint Petersburg → Among, Central Park, Culture, English, Europe's, Fontanka, Forestry Academy, Important, It, Krestovsky Island, Leisure, Maritime Victory Park, Moscow Victory Park, Nazi Germany, Neva's, Norway, Park, Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden, Second World War
related to Film · 27
Saint Petersburg → American, British, Brother, Dhaam Dhoom, Fate, French, GoldenEye, In, Lenfilm, Leningrad, Midnight, Onegin, Other, Over, Piter FM, Pushkin, Russian, Sean Bean, Sophie Marceau, Soviet
related to Geography · 27
Saint Petersburg → Baltic-Ladoga Klint, Dekabristov, Finland, Fontanka, Gulf, In, Izhora Plateau, Kamenny Islands, Kolpino, Kotlin, Krasnoye Selo, Krestovsky, Kronstadt, Lomonosov, Neva Bay, Obvodny Canal, Pavlovsk, Petergof, Petersburg, Petrogradsky
related to Climate · 26
Saint Petersburg → April, Baltic Sea, Dcbo, December, Despite St, Dfb, February, Finland, From December, Gulf, Gulf Stream, Helsinki, It, July, Köppen, March, Moscow, Moscow's, Northern Hemisphere, November
related to Government · 24
Saint Petersburg → According, After, Alexander Beglov, August, Charter, December, Federation Council, Georgy Poltavchenko, In, Matviyenko, October, On, Poltavchenko, President, Regional Council, Russia, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, Saint Petersburg City Administration, Saint Petersburg Legislative Assembly, She
related to Museums · 24
Saint Petersburg → Alexander Blok, Alexander Pushkin, Anna Akhmatova, Anthropology, Ethnography, Feodor Chaliapin, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Great, Great Museum, Hermitage Museum, Joseph Brodsky, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Peter, Russia, Russian, Russian Empire, Russian Museum, Saint Isaac's Cathedral, Soviet Union

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Saint PetersburgAirportPulkovo Airport1.00infobox
Saint PetersburgArea code8121.00infobox
Saint PetersburgCity raionsSee list1.00infobox
Saint PetersburgCountryRussia1.00infobox
Saint PetersburgDemonymPetersburgian1.00infobox
Saint PetersburgEconomic regionNorthwestern1.00infobox
Saint PetersburgElevation5 m (16 ft)1.00infobox
Saint PetersburgFederal districtNorthwestern1.00infobox
Saint PetersburgFounded27 May 1703; 323 years ago (1703-05-27)1.00infobox
Saint PetersburgHighest elevation (Orehovaya mountain [ru] on Leningrad Oblast border)175.9 m (577 ft)1.00infobox
Saint PetersburgISO 3166 codeRU-SPE1.00infobox
Saint PetersburgLowest elevation (Gulf of Finland)0 m (0 ft)1.00infobox
Saint PetersburgNamed afterSaint Peter1.00infobox
Saint PetersburgOfficial languageRussian[b]1.00infobox
Saint PetersburgOKATO ID401.00infobox
Saint PetersburgOKTMO ID400000001.00infobox
Saint PetersburgPostal codes190000–1994061.00infobox
Saint PetersburgSubwaySaint Petersburg Metro1.00infobox
Saint PetersburgTime zoneUTC+3 (MSK)1.00infobox
Saint PetersburgVehicle registration78, 98, 178, 198, 7781.00infobox
Saint PetersburgWebsitegov.spb.ru1.00infobox
Saint Petersburg• BodyLegislative Assembly1.00infobox
Saint Petersburg• Density3,992.81/km2 (10,341.3/sq mi)1.00infobox
Saint Petersburg• Federal city1,439 km2 (556 sq mi)1.00infobox
Saint Petersburg• Federal city5,601,9111.00infobox
Saint Petersburg• Federal city₽12.95 trillion (2024) (US$139.91 billion)1.00infobox
Saint Petersburg• GovernorAlexander Beglov (United Russia)1.00infobox
Saint Petersburg• Metro6,421,000[a]1.00infobox
Saint Petersburg• Per capita₽2.3 million (2024) (US$24,870.27)1.00infobox
Saint Petersburg• Rank4th in Europe 2nd in Russia1.00infobox

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