Saint Petersburg – second-largest city in Russia. An important Russian port on the Baltic Sea, it has the status of a federal subject (a federal city). Its name was changed to "Petrograd" in 1914, then to "Leningrad" in 1924, and back to Saint Petersburg in 1991.
General reference
- Pronunciation: (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, romanized: Sankt-Peterburg, IPA: [ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk] ⓘ);1
- Common English name(s): Saint Petersburg
- Official English name(s): Saint Petersburg
- Adjectival(s): Saint Petersburgian
- Demonym(s): Saint Petersburgian, (Saint) Petersburger
Geography of Saint Petersburg
- Saint Petersburg is:
- a city
- a federal city
- Population of Saint Petersburg: 5,323,300
- Area of Saint Petersburg: 1,439 km2 (556 sq mi)
- Atlas of Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Санкт-Петербург | |
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Saint Petersburg Location within Russia | |
| Coordinates: 59°57′N 30°18′E / 59.950°N 30.300°E / 59.950; 30.300 |
Location of Saint Petersburg
- Saint Petersburg is situated within the following regions:
- Time zone(s): Moscow Time (UTC+03)
Environment of Saint Petersburg
Natural geographic features of Saint Petersburg
- Canals in Saint Petersburg
- Hills in Saint Petersburg
- Islands in Saint Petersburg
- Lakes in Saint Petersburg
- Rivers in Saint Petersburg
Areas of Saint Petersburg
Locations in Saint Petersburg
- Tourist attractions in Saint Petersburg
Bridges in Saint Petersburg
- Anichkov Bridge
- Bank Bridge
- Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge
- Bolshoy Obukhovsky Bridge
- Bridge of Four Lions
- Egyptian Bridge
- English Bridge
- Exchange Bridge
- Finland Railway Bridge
- Hermitage Bridge
- Italian Bridge
- Lazarevskiy Bridge
- Lomonosov Bridge
- Marble Bridge
- Palace Bridge
- Saint Petersburg Dam
- Trinity Bridge
Cultural and exhibition centers in Saint Petersburg
Forts of Saint Petersburg
Monuments and memorials in Saint Petersburg
- Alexander Column
- Bronze Horseman
- Chesme Column
- Column of Glory
- Green Belt of Glory
- Leningrad Hero City Obelisk
- Monument to Nicholas I
- Monument to Peter I (Peter and Paul Fortress)
- Monument to Peter I (St. Michael's Castle)
- Rimsky-Korsakov Monument
Museums and art galleries in Saint Petersburg
- Arctic and Antarctic Museum
- ARKA Gallery
- Central Naval Museum
- Dmitry Mendeleev's Memorial Museum Apartment
- Dostoyevsky Museum
- Erarta
- Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg
- Grand Maket Rossiya
- Hermitage Museum
- Kunstkamera
- Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps
- Museum of Electrical Transport
- Museum of Political History of Russia
- Museum of Russian Submarine Forces
- National Pushkin Museum
- Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment and Museum
- Russian cruiser Aurora
- Russian Museum
- Russian Museum of Military Medicine
- Russian Railway Museum
- Saint Petersburg Toy Museum
- State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg
- Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts
- Suvorov Museum
- V.V. Dokuchaev Central Museum of Soil
- Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Palaces and villas in Saint Petersburg
- Alexis Palace
- Anichkov Palace
- Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace
- Gatchina Palace
- Kamenny Island Palace
- Kikin Hall
- Lobanov-Rostovsky Palace
- Marble Palace
- Mariinsky Palace
- Menshikov Palace
- Moika Palace
- Naryshkin-Shuvalov Palace
- Nevsky Prospect 86
- New Michael Palace
- Nicholas Palace
- Oranienbaum
- Pavlovsk Palace
- Peterhof Palace
- Saint Michael's Castle
- Saltykov Mansion
- Shuvalov Palace
- Stroganov Palace
- Summer Palace
- Summer Palace of Peter the Great
- Tauride Palace
- Tsarskoye Selo
- Vladimir Palace
- Vorontsov Palace
- Winter Palace
- Yelagin Palace
Parks and gardens in Saint Petersburg
- Alexander Garden
- Alexander Park
- Catherine Park
- Field of Mars
- Maritime Victory Park
- Mikhailovsky Garden
- Monplaisir Garden
- Moskovsky Victory Park
- Pavlovsk Park
- Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden
- Summer Garden
Public squares in Saint Petersburg
Public squares in Saint Petersburg
- Manezhnaya Square
- Muzhestva Square
- Palace Square
- Saint Isaac's Square
- Senate Square
- Sennaya Square
- Victory Square
- Vosstaniya Square
Religious buildings in Saint Petersburg
- Alexander Nevsky Lavra
- Ascension Cathedral
- Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Chesme Church
- Church of St. Catherine
- Church of the Epiphany
- Church of the Savior on Blood
- Coastal Monastery of Saint Sergius
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saint Mary
- Gothic Chapel
- Ioannovsky Convent
- Kazan Cathedral
- Kronstadt Naval Cathedral
- Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
- Old Trinity Cathedral
- Sacred Heart Church
- Saint Andrew's Cathedral
- Saint Catherine's Armenian Church
- Saint Isaac's Cathedral
- Saint Sampson's Cathedral
- Saviour Church on Sennaya Square
- Smolny Convent
- St. John the Baptist Church
- St. John's Church
- St. Julian's Church
- St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral
- St. Stanislaus Church
- St. Vladimir's Cathedral
- Transfiguration Cathedral
- Trinity Cathedral
- Vladimirskaya Church
Secular buildings in Saint Petersburg
Buildings and structures in Saint Petersburg
- Admiralty building
- Ciniselli Circus
- Eliseyev Emporium
- Esders and Scheefhaals building
- General Staff Building
- House of Soviets
- Imperial Academy of Arts
- Kotomin House
- Lakhta Center
- Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- National Library of Russia
- Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange and Rostral Columns
- Pulkovo Observatory
- Pushkin House
- Saint Petersburg City Duma
- Saint Petersburg Commodity and Stock Exchange
- Saint Petersburg Mint
- Singer House
- Smolny Institute
- Tolstoy House
- Twelve Collegia
- Utkina Dacha
- Wawelberg Bank building
Streets in Saint Petersburg
- Bolshoy Prospekt
- Gorokhovaya Street
- Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt
- Ligovsky Avenue
- Lines of Vasilyevsky Island
- Liteyny Avenue
- Malaya Sadovaya Street
- Millionnaya Street
- Moskovsky Avenue
- Neva embankments
- Nevsky Prospect
- Sadovaya Street
Theatres in Saint Petersburg
- Alexandrinsky Theatre
- Baltic House Festival Theatre
- Bolshoi Theatre
- Hermitage Theatre
- Kamenny Island Theatre
- Komedianty Theatre
- Lensovet Theatre
- Liteiny Theatre
- Mariinsky Theatre
- Mikhailovsky Theatre
- Ostrov Theatre
- Saint Petersburg Comedy Theatre
- Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater
- Youth Theatre on the Fontanka
- Zazerkalie
Towers in Saint Petersburg
Triumphal arches in Saint Petersburg
Demographics of Saint Petersburg
Demographics of Saint Petersburg
Government and politics of Saint Petersburg
Law and order in Saint Petersburg
Military in Saint Petersburg
History of Saint Petersburg
History of Saint Petersburg, by period or event
- Saint Petersburg during the Imperial Era (1703–1917)
- Founding of Saint Petersburg (1703) – Tsar Peter the Great founded the city on 27 May 1703 after he reconquered the Ingrian land from Sweden, in the Great Northern War. Upon the city's founding, he named the city after his patron saint, the apostle Saint Peter.
- Peter moved the capital from Moscow to Saint Petersburg in 1712.
- After the death of Peter the Great in 1725, Peter II of Russia moved his seat back to Moscow, but in 1732 Saint Petersburg became capital of the Russian Empire for more than two hundred years.
- The Revolution of 1905 began in Saint Petersburg and spread rapidly into the provinces.
- On 1 September 1914, after the outbreak of World War I, the Imperial government renamed the city Petrograd.
- Saint Petersburg during the Revolution and Soviet Era (1917–1941)
- In March 1917, during the February Revolution, Nicholas II abdicated.
- On 7 November 1917, the Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin stormed the Winter Palace in an event known thereafter as the October Revolution. Lenin moved his government to Moscow on 5 March 1918.
- On 26 January 1924, five days after Lenin's death, Petrograd was renamed Leningrad.
- Saint Petersburg during World War II (1941–1945)
- Siege of Leningrad (1941–1944)
- Saint Petersburg during the Soviet Era (1945–1991)
- Leningrad affair (1949–1952) – Stalin had leaders and heroes of the city framed and executed, imprisoned, or exiled to Siberia, due to their popularity, including the mayor.
- Contemporary Era (1991–present)
- On 12 June 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, in a referendum 54% of voters chose to restore "the original name, Saint Petersburg". Original names returned to many streets, bridges, Metro stations and parks.
History of Saint Petersburg, by subject
- Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1723)
- Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1762)
- Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1805)
- Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1812)
- Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1825)
- Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1834)
- Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875)
- Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881)
Culture of Saint Petersburg
Arts in Saint Petersburg
Architecture of Saint Petersburg
Architecture of Saint Petersburg
- Art Nouveau architecture in Saint Petersburg
- Baroque architecture in Saint Petersburg
- Fences in Saint Petersburg
- Gothic Revival architecture in Saint Petersburg
- Greek Revival architecture in Saint Petersburg
- Neoclassical architecture in Saint Petersburg
- Palladian architecture in Saint Petersburg
- Petrine Baroque in Saint Petersburg
Cinema of Saint Petersburg
Literature of Saint Petersburg
Music and ballet of Saint Petersburg
- Ballet of Saint Petersburg
- Music of Saint Petersburg
- Music schools in Saint Petersburg
- Music venues in Saint Petersburg
- Musical compositions dedicated to Saint Petersburg
- Musical ensembles in Saint Petersburg
- Musicians from Saint Petersburg
Theatre of Saint Petersburg
Visual arts of Saint Petersburg
Events in Saint Petersburg
Languages of Saint Petersburg
Media in Saint Petersburg
- Newspapers in Saint Petersburg
- Radio and television in Saint Petersburg
People from Saint Petersburg
Religion in Saint Petersburg
Religion in Saint Petersburg
- Catholicism in Saint Petersburg
- Eastern Orthodoxy in Saint Petersburg
- Russian Orthodoxy in Saint Petersburg
- Buddhism in Saint Petersburg
- Islam in Saint Petersburg
- Judaism in Saint Petersburg
Sports in Saint Petersburg
- Basketball in Saint Petersburg
- Football in Saint Petersburg
- Association football in Saint Petersburg
- Saint Petersburg derby
- Ice hockey in Saint Petersburg
- Sports competitions in Saint Petersburg
- 2006–07 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
- Leningrad City Chess Championship
- St. Petersburg Open
- White Nights Marathon
- Sports venues in Saint Petersburg
Economy and infrastructure of Saint Petersburg
- Financial services in Saint Petersburg
- Hotels in Saint Petersburg
- Restaurants and cafés in Saint Petersburg
- Shipbuilding industry
- Shopping malls and markets in Saint Petersburg
- Tourism in Saint Petersburg
Transportation in Saint Petersburg
Transportation in Saint Petersburg
- Public transport in Saint Petersburg
- Public transport operators in Saint Petersburg
- Air transport in Saint Petersburg
- Airports in Saint Petersburg
- Maritime transport in Saint Petersburg
- Ports and harbours in Saint Petersburg
- Shipping lines serving Saint Petersburg
- Road transport in Saint Petersburg
Rail transport in Saint Petersburg
Rail transport in Saint Petersburg
- Railway stations in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg Metro
- Trams in Saint Petersburg
Education in Saint Petersburg
- Primary schools in Saint Petersburg
- Secondary schools in Saint Petersburg
- Higher education and academic institutions in Saint Petersburg
- Music schools
- Universities in Saint Petersburg
- Research institutes in Saint Petersburg
Healthcare in Saint Petersburg
- Hospitals in Saint Petersburg
