Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

– second-largest city in

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). Its name was changed to "Petrograd" in 1914, then to "Leningrad" in 1924, and back to Saint Petersburg in 1991.

General reference

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* Adjectival(s): Saint Petersburgian * Demonym(s): Saint Petersburgian, (Saint) Petersburger

Geography of Saint Petersburg

Geography of Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject located in the Northwestern Federal District of Russia. It stands at the mouth of the Neva River at the east end of the Gulf of Finland (part of the Baltic Sea). The area of the city of Saint Pe ...

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* Population of Saint Petersburg: 5,323,300 * Area of Saint Petersburg: 1,439 km² (556 sq mi) * Atlas of Saint Petersburg

Location of Saint Petersburg

* Saint Petersburg is situated within the following regions: ** Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere ***

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Environment of Saint Petersburg

* Climate of Saint Petersburg

Natural geographic features of Saint Petersburg

* Canals in Saint Petersburg **

Griboyedov Canal The Griboyedov Canal or Kanal Griboyedova () is a canal in Saint Petersburg, constructed in 1739 along the existing ''Krivusha'' river. In 1764–90, the canal was deepened and the banks were reinforced and covered with granite. The Griboyedo ...

** Ligovsky Canal ** Obvodny Canal **

Winter Canal Winter Canal (russian: link=no, Зимняя канавка, ''Zimnyaya kanavka'') is a canal in Saint Petersburg, Russia, connecting Bolshaya Neva with Moika River in the vicinity of Winter Palace. The canal was dug in 1718–19. It is only ...

* Hills in Saint Petersburg **

Duderhof Heights Duderhof Heights or Duderhof Hills (russian: Дудергофские высоты; german: Duderhofer Höhen) is a small highland area in the southwestern part of Saint Petersburg (Krasnoselsky District). The nearest railway station, Mozhayskaya ...

Pulkovo Heights Pulkovo Heights () is a chain of hills located to the south of Saint Petersburg. They run to the south-west in the direction of the Izhora Plateau and have an altitude of up to 73 meters. In Neolithic times (about 75005000 years ago) Pulkovo heig ...

* Islands in Saint Petersburg **

Aptekarsky Island Aptekarsky Island (russian: Апте́карский о́стров, , "Apothecary Island", fi, Korpisaari, "Deep Forest Island") is a relatively small island situated in the northern part of the Neva delta. It is separated from Petrogradsky Is ...

Dekabristov Island Dekabristov Island (russian: остров Декабристов, lit=Decembrists Island), known prior to 1926 as Goloday Island (остров Голодай – possibly a corruption of a British merchant name Halliday) is an island in Vasileos ...

** Hare Island ** Kamenny Islands ***

Krestovsky Island Krestovsky Island (russian: Крестовский остров) is a 3.4 km2 island in Saint Petersburg, Russia, between several tributaries of the Neva: the Srednyaya Nevka, the Malaya Nevka and the Krestovka. The island is served by ...

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Yelagin Island Yelagin Island () is a park island at the mouth of the Neva River which is part of St. Petersburg, Russia. Yelagin Island is home to the Yelagin Palace but has a few other buildings as well. A former suburban estate of 18 century Russian nob ...

** Kotlin Island **

New Holland Island New Holland Island (russian: Но́вая Голла́ндия) is a historic triangular artificial island in central Saint Petersburg, Russia, dating from the 18th century. It is also known as Admiralty Island. Construction The island was ...

Petrogradsky Island Petrogradsky Island or Petrograd Island ( Russian: Петроградский остров) is the third largest island in the Neva River delta in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Along with Zayachy Island, Aptekarsky Island, and Petrovsky Island, it c ...

Vasilyevsky Island Vasilyevsky Island (russian: Васи́льевский о́стров, Vasilyevsky Ostrov, V.O.) is an island in St. Petersburg, Russia, bordered by the Bolshaya Neva and Malaya Neva Rivers (in the delta of the Neva River) in the south a ...

* Lakes in Saint Petersburg ** Lakhtinsky Razliv ** Ligovsky Pond * Rivers in Saint Petersburg **

Izhora River The Izhora (, ), also known as the Inger, is a left tributary of the Neva on its run through Ingria in northwestern Russia from Lake Ladoga to Gulf of Finland. The Izhora flows through Gatchinsky and Tosnensky Districts of Leningrad Oblast as wel ...

Karpovka River The Karpovka (russian: Ка́рповка) is a small river of the Neva basin in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It separates Aptekarsky Island (right bank) from Petrogradsky Island (left bank). The Karpovka flows from the Bolshaya Nevka to the Malaya ...

Moyka River The Moyka (russian: Мо́йка /MOY-ka/, also latinised as Moika) is a secondary, in comparison with the Neva River in Saint Petersburg that encircles the central portion of the city, effectively making it an island or a group of islands ...

** Neva River *** Bolshaya Neva River ***

Bolshaya Nevka River The Great Nevka or Bolshaya Nevka () is an arm of the Neva that begins about below the Liteyny Bridge in Saint Petersburg. Attractions * Bridges ** Samson Bridge ** Grenadiers Bridge ** Kantemirovsky Bridge ** Ushakovsky Bridge ** 3rd ...

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Fontanka River The Fontanka (russian: Фонтанка), a left branch of the river Neva, flows through the whole of Central Saint Petersburg, Russia – from the Summer Garden to . It is long, with a width up to , and a depth up to . The Moyka River fo ...

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Malaya Neva The Little Neva or Malaya Neva (russian: Ма́лая Нева́) is the second largest distributary of the river Neva. The Neva splits into Great Neva (the southern armlet) and Little Neva (the northern armlet) near the Spit of Vasilievsky ...

** Okhta River ** Sestra River

Areas of Saint Petersburg

Districts of Saint Petersburg *

Central Saint Petersburg Central Saint Petersburg is the central and the leading part of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It looks nothing like the downtown district of a typical major city, and has no skyscrapers. The Central Business District's main borders are Neva River ...

Locations in Saint Petersburg

* Tourist attractions in Saint Petersburg ** Museums in Saint Petersburg ** Shopping areas and markets ** World Heritage Sites in Saint Petersburg ***

Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments is the name used by UNESCO when it collectively designated the historic core of the Russian city of St. Petersburg, as well as buildings and ensembles located in the immediate vi ...

Bridges in Saint Petersburg

Bridges in Saint Petersburg There are more than 342 bridges in the city limits of Saint Petersburg, Russia. This is a partial list of the most famous ones. Peter the Great was designing the city as another Amsterdam and Venice, with canals instead of streets and citizens sk ...

Anichkov Bridge The Anichkov Bridge (Russian: ''Аничков мост'', ''Anichkov Most'') is the oldest and most famous bridge across the Fontanka River in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The current bridge, built in 1841-42 and reconstructed in 1906-08, combines ...

* Bank Bridge * Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge * Bolshoy Obukhovsky Bridge * Bridge of Four Lions *

Egyptian Bridge Egyptian Bridge (Египетский мост) in St. Petersburg, Russia, carries Lermontovsky Avenue (Лермонтовский проспект) over the Fontanka River. The one-span suspension bridge that it replaced was of historical inter ...

* English Bridge *

Exchange Bridge Exchange Bridge (russian: Биржево́й мост, ''Birzhevoy most'') is a bascule bridge in Saint Petersburg, opened in 1894. The bridge crosses the Little Neva River (distributary of Neva River) close to the Exchange Square and connects t ...

Finland Railway Bridge The Finland Railway Bridge () is a pair of parallel rail bridges across the Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The movable bridges are connecting the Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg Railway and other railway networks in the north of St Peters ...

* Hermitage Bridge * Italian Bridge * Lazarevskiy Bridge *

Lomonosov Bridge Lomonosov Bridge (russian: Мост Ломоносова) across the Fontanka River is the best preserved of towered movable bridges that used to be typical for Saint Petersburg in the 18th century. The original Tchernyshov Bridge, measuring 63 ...

Marble Bridge The Siberian Marble Gallery is a decorative pedestrian roofed Palladian bridge (gallery walkway) in Empress Catherine Park in the former royal residence Tsarskoye Selo (now town of Pushkin) near Saint Petersburg, Russia. It connects the Swan Isl ...

Palace Bridge Palace Bridge (, ''Dvortsoviy Most''), a road- and foot-traffic bascule bridge, spans the Neva River in Saint Petersburg between Palace Square and Vasilievsky Island. Like every other Neva bridge (except for Big Obukhovsky Bridge), it is drawn ...

Saint Petersburg Dam The Saint Petersburg Flood Prevention Facility Complex ( rus, Ко́мплекс защи́тных сооруже́ний Санкт-Петербу́рга от наводне́ний, kómpleks zashchítnykh sooruzhéniy Sankt-Peterbúrga ot ...

Floods in Saint Petersburg Floods in Saint Petersburg refer to a rise of water on the territory of St. Petersburg, a major city in Russia and its former capital. They are usually caused by the overflow of the delta of Neva River and surging water in the eastern part of Neva ...

* Trinity Bridge

Cultural and exhibition centers in Saint Petersburg

* Kuryokhin Center *

Saint Petersburg Manege The Manege is a former riding hall for the Imperial Horse Guards fronting on Saint Isaac's Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was built in 1804–07 to Quarenghi's austere Greek Revival design, one of his last commissions. It replaced a dis ...

Forts of Saint Petersburg

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* Fort Alexander * Peter and Paul Fortress ** Grand Ducal Burial Vault ** Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral **

Saint Petersburg Mint Saint Petersburg Mint (russian: Санкт-Петербу́ргский моне́тный двор) is one of the world's largest mints. It was founded by Peter the Great in 1724 on the territory of Peter and Paul Fortress, so it is one of the ...

Monuments and memorials in Saint Petersburg

Alexander Column The Alexander Column (russian: Алекса́ндровская коло́нна, ''Aleksandrovskaya kolonna'') also known as Alexandrian Column (russian: Александри́йская коло́нна, ''Aleksandriyskaya kolonna''), is the f ...

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Bronze Horseman The ''Bronze Horseman'' (russian: link=no, Медный всадник, literally "copper horseman") is an equestrian statue of Peter the Great in the Senate Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was opened to the public on 7 (18) August ...

'' * 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) The Monument to Peter I (russian: памятник Петру I) is a bronze equestrian monument of Peter the Great in front of the St. Michael's Castle in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 1716, emperor Peter the Great commissioned the Italian sc ...

* Rimsky-Korsakov Monument

Museums and art galleries in Saint Petersburg

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Museums in Saint Petersburg * Arctic and Antarctic Museum * ARKA Gallery *

Central Naval Museum Central Naval Museum (russian: Центральный военно-морской музей) is a naval museum in St Petersburg, Russia. It is one of the first museums in Russia and one of the world’s largest naval museums, with a large collect ...

* Dmitry Mendeleev's Memorial Museum Apartment *

Dostoyevsky Museum The F. M. Dostoyevsky Literary Memorial Museum (Государственный Литературно-мемориальный музей Ф. М. Достоевского), located on Kuznechny Lane 5/2 in Saint Petersburg, was opened on Novemb ...

* Erarta ** Erarta Galleries * Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg * Grand Maket Rossiya *

Hermitage Museum The State Hermitage Museum ( rus, Государственный Эрмитаж, r=Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, p=ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ, links=no) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is the largest ...

Hermitage cats The Hermitage cats (russian: Эрмитажные коты) are a group of cats residing in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The museum has a press secretary dedicated to the cats,Rodgers, James.Hermitage palace is cat's whiskers ...

Kunstkamera The Kunstkamera (russian: Кунсткамера) or Kunstkammer (German for "Culture Room" (literally) or "Art Chamber", typically used for a " cabinet of curiosities") is a public museum located on the Universitetskaya Embankment in Saint Pet ...

Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps The Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps (russian: Военно-исторический музей артиллерии, инженерных войск и войск связи), also known simply as the Art ...

* Museum of Electrical Transport * Museum of Political History of Russia *

Museum of Russian Submarine Forces The A.I. Marinesko Museum of the History of Russian Submarine Forces is a state museum located in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. The museum was named in honor of the Soviet submarine commander Alexander Marinesko. The museum was established in 1997. ...

National Pushkin Museum The National Pushkin Museum ( rus, Всероссийский музей А. С. Пушкина, r=Vsyerossiiskii muzei A. S. Pushkina - literally the 'All-Russian Museum of A. S. Pushkin') is a museum dedicated to the life and work of Russian poet ...

* Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment and Museum * Russian cruiser ''Aurora'' *

Russian Museum The State Russian Museum (russian: Государственный Русский музей), formerly the Russian Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III (russian: Русский Музей Императора Александра III), on ...

** Cabin of Peter the Great ** Collections of the Russian Museum **

Russian Museum of Ethnography The Russian Museum of Ethnography (Российский этнографический музей) is a museum in St. Petersburg that houses a collection of about 500,000 items relating to the ethnography, or cultural anthropology, of peoples of ...

* Russian Museum of Military Medicine *

Russian Railway Museum The Russian Railway Museum is situated next to Baltiysky railway station in Saint Petersburg. The museum was established in 1978, its current site and exhibition opened to public on 1 November 2017. The museum utilizes the nineteenth century lo ...

* 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 The Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is a Russian museum devoted to zoology. It is located in Saint Petersburg, on Universitetskaya Embankment. It is one of the ten largest nature history museums ...

Palaces and villas in Saint Petersburg

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Alexis Palace Alexeevsky Palace (Алексеевский дворец) is a Revivalist palace compound on the bank of the Moika River in Saint Petersburg. It was erected in the mid-1880s as a private residence of Grand Duke Alexis and his family. The palace' ...

Anichkov Palace The Anichkov Palace, a former imperial palace in Saint Petersburg, stands at the intersection of Nevsky Avenue and the Fontanka River. History 18th century The palace, situated on the plot formerly owned by Antonio de Vieira (1682?-1745), ...

Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace Beloselsky Belozersky Palace (Russian: Дворе́ц Белосе́льских-Белозе́рских; also known before the Revolution as the Palace of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna, the Sergei Palace, and the Dmitry Palace) is a Ne ...

Gatchina Palace The Great Gatchina Palace (russian: Большой Гатчинский дворец) is a palace in Gatchina, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It was built from 1766 to 1781 by Antonio Rinaldi for Count Grigori Grigoryevich Orlov, who was a favouri ...

* Kamenny Island Palace * Kikin Hall *

Lobanov-Rostovsky Palace Lobanov-Rostovsky Residence or the Lobanov-Rostovsky Palace is a building at 12 Admiralteysky Avenue in Saint Petersburg, Russia, constructed in 1817-1820 for Prince Alexander Yakovlevich Lobanov-Rostovsky. Today, the building houses a luxury h ...

Marble Palace Marble Palace (Мраморный дворец) is one of the first Neoclassical palaces in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is situated between the Field of Mars and Palace Quay, slightly to the east from New Michael Palace. Design and pre-1917 o ...

Mariinsky Palace Mariinsky Palace (), also known as Marie Palace, was the last neoclassical Imperial residence to be constructed in Saint Petersburg. It was built between 1839 and 1844, designed by the court architect Andrei Stackenschneider. It houses the ci ...

Menshikov Palace The Menshikov Palace (russian: Меншиковский дворец) is a Petrine Baroque edifice in Saint Petersburg, situated on Universitetskaya Embankment of the Bolshaya Neva on Vasilyevsky Island.It is not to be confused with the Menshiko ...

Moika Palace The Palace of the Yusupovs on the Moika (russian: Дворец Юсуповых на Мойке), known as the Moika Palace or Yusupov Palace, is a former residence of the Russian noble House of Yusupov in St. Petersburg, Russia, now a museum. ...

Naryshkin-Shuvalov Palace The Naryshkin-Shuvalov Palace (russian: Дворец Нарышкиных-Шуваловых), also known as the Shuvalov Palace, is a Neoclassical building on the Fontanka Embankment in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Once home to the noble Naryshki ...

* Nevsky Prospect 86 * New Michael Palace * Nicholas Palace * Oranienbaum *

Pavlovsk Palace Pavlovsk Palace (russian: Павловский дворец) is an 18th-century Russian Imperial residence built by the order of Catherine the Great for her son Grand Duke Paul, in Pavlovsk, within Saint Petersburg. After his death, ...

Peterhof Palace The Peterhof Palace ( rus, Петерго́ф, Petergóf, p=pʲɪtʲɪrˈɡof,) (an emulation of early modern Dutch "Pieterhof", meaning "Pieter's Court"), is a series of palaces and gardens located in Petergof, Saint Petersburg, Russia, commi ...

Monplaisir Palace The Monplaisir Palace is part of the Peterhof Palace Complex, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its i ...

Peterhof Grand Palace The Peterhof Palace ( rus, Петерго́ф, Petergóf, p=pʲɪtʲɪrˈɡof,) (an emulation of early modern Dutch "Pieterhof", meaning "Pieter's Court"), is a series of palaces and gardens located in Petergof, Saint Petersburg, Russia, commi ...

Saint Michael's Castle Saint Michael's Castle (russian: Миха́йловский за́мок, ''Mikhailovsky zamok''), also called the Mikhailovsky Castle or the Engineers' Castle (russian: Инженерный замок, ''Inzhenerny zamok''), is a former royal ...

Saltykov Mansion The Saltykov Mansion (особняк Салтыкова, ''Palais Soltikoff'') is a Neoclassical palace situated between Palace Embankment and Millionnaya Street in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was built to the design of Giacomo Quarenghi in the ...

* Shuvalov Palace *

Stroganov Palace The Stroganov Palace ( Russian: Строгановский дворец) is a Late Baroque palace at the intersection of the Moika River and Nevsky Prospect in St. Petersburg, Russia. The palace was built to Bartolomeo Rastrelli's designs for B ...

Summer Palace The Summer Palace () is a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing. It was an imperial garden in the Qing dynasty. Inside includes Longevity Hill () Kunming Lake and Seventeen Hole Bridge. It covers an expanse of , three-quarte ...

* Summer Palace of Peter the Great *

Tauride Palace Tauride Palace (russian: Таврический дворец, translit=Tavrichesky dvorets) is one of the largest and most historically important palaces in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Construction and early use Prince Grigory Potemkin of Tauride ...

Tsarskoye Selo Tsarskoye Selo ( rus, Ца́рское Село́, p=ˈtsarskəɪ sʲɪˈlo, a=Ru_Tsarskoye_Selo.ogg, "Tsar's Village") was the town containing a former residence of the Russian imperial family and visiting nobility, located south from the c ...

** Alexander Palace **

Catherine Palace The Catherine Palace (russian: Екатерининский дворец, ) is a Rococo palace in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), 30 km south of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars. The Palace is part of the ...

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Amber Room The Amber Room ( rus, Янтарная комната, r=Yantarnaya Komnata, german: Bernsteinzimmer, pl, Bursztynowa komnata) was a chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors, located in the Catherine Palace of Tsa ...

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Kagul Obelisk The Kagul Obelisk in Tsarskoye Selo is one of several such structures erected on behest of Catherine II of Russia in 1772 to commemorate Pyotr Rumyantsev's victory in the Battle of Kagul. Designed by Antonio Rinaldi, the dark grey-and-red marbl ...

** Sophia Cathedral ** Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum *

Vladimir Palace The Vladimir Palace (russian: Влади́мирский дворе́ц, Vladimirsky dvorets) is the former palace of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, son of Alexander II. It was one of the last imperial palaces to be constructed in S ...

* Vorontsov Palace *

Winter Palace The Winter Palace ( rus, Зимний дворец, Zimnij dvorets, p=ˈzʲimnʲɪj dvɐˈrʲɛts) is a palace in Saint Petersburg that served as the official residence of the Russian Emperor from 1732 to 1917. The palace and its precincts now ...

** Military Gallery of the Winter Palace ** Neva Enfilade of the Winter Palace **

Private Apartments of the Winter Palace The Private Apartments of the Winter Palace are sited on the piano nobile of the western wing of the former imperial palace, Winter Palace, the Winter Palace in St Petersburg. Access to the private rooms, for members of the imperial family, from t ...

Yelagin Palace Yelagin Palace (Елагин дворец; also ''Yelaginsky'' or ''Yelaginoostrovsky Dvorets'') is a Palladian villa on Yelagin Island in Saint Petersburg, which served as a royal summer palace during the reign of Alexander I. The villa was desi ...

Parks and gardens in Saint Petersburg

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Alexander Garden Alexander Gardens (russian: Александровский сад) was one of the first urban public parks in Moscow, Russia. The park comprises three separate gardens, which stretch along all the length of the western Kremlin wall for between ...

* Alexander Park * Catherine Park * Field of Mars * Maritime Victory Park * Mikhailovsky Garden ** Rossi Pavilion * Monplaisir Garden * Moskovsky Victory Park * Pavlovsk Park *

Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden The main Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden, officially known as the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Komarov Botanical Institute's Botanical Garden of Peter the Great (russian: Ботанический сад Петра Великого Б ...

Summer Garden The Summer Garden (russian: Ле́тний сад, ''Letniy sad'') is a historic public garden that occupies an eponymous island between the Neva, Fontanka, Moika, and the Swan Canal in downtown Saint Petersburg, Russia and shares its name w ...

Public squares in Saint Petersburg

Public squares in Saint Petersburg * Manezhnaya Square *

Muzhestva Square Ploschad Muzhestva (russian: Пло́щадь Му́жества �ploɕːɪtʲ ˈmuʐɪstvə ) is an open public square, shaped as a roundabout, in the north-east of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Its name and decoration commemorate the fortitude ...

Palace Square Palace Square ( rus, Дворцо́вая пло́щадь, r=Dvortsovaya Ploshchad, p=dvɐˈrtsovəjə ˈploɕːɪtʲ), connecting Nevsky Prospekt with Palace Bridge leading to Vasilievsky Island, is the central city square of St Petersb ...

Saint Isaac's Square Saint Isaac's Square or Isaakiyevskaya Ploshchad (russian: Исаа́киевская пло́щадь), known as Vorovsky Square (russian: Площадь Воровского) between 1923 and 1944, in Saint Petersburg, Russia is a major city ...

* Senate Square (Saint Petersburg), Senate Square * Sennaya Square * Victory Square, Saint Petersburg, Victory Square * Vosstaniya Square

Religious buildings in Saint Petersburg

* Alexander Nevsky Lavra ** Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra * Ascension Cathedral (Sophia, Pushkin), Ascension Cathedral * Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Saint Petersburg), Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary * Chesme Church * Church of St. Catherine (Saint Petersburg), Church of St. Catherine * Church of the Epiphany (Saint Petersburg), Church of the Epiphany * Church of the Savior on Blood * Coastal Monastery of Saint Sergius * Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saint Mary * Gothic Chapel (Peterhof), Gothic Chapel * Ioannovsky Convent * Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Kazan Cathedral * Kronstadt Naval Cathedral * Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul * Old Trinity Cathedral * Sacred Heart Church, St. Petersburg, Sacred Heart Church * Saint Andrew's Cathedral (Saint Petersburg), 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, Saint Petersburg, St. John the Baptist Church * St. John's Church (Saint Petersburg), St. John's Church * St. Julian's Church, Pushkin, St. Julian's Church * St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral * St. Stanislaus Church, Saint Petersburg, St. Stanislaus Church * St. Vladimir's Cathedral (St. Petersburg), St. Vladimir's Cathedral * Transfiguration Cathedral (Saint Petersburg), Transfiguration Cathedral * Trinity Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Trinity Cathedral * Vladimirskaya Church

Secular buildings in Saint Petersburg

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* Admiralty building, Saint Petersburg, Admiralty building * Ciniselli Circus * Eliseyev Emporium (Saint Petersburg), Eliseyev Emporium * Esders and Scheefhaals building * General Staff Building (Saint Petersburg), General Staff Building * House of Soviets (Saint Petersburg), 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 *

* Singer House * Smolny Institute * Tolstoy House * Twelve Collegia * Utkina Dacha * Wawelberg Bank building

Streets in Saint Petersburg

* Bolshoy Prospekt (Petrograd Side), Bolshoy Prospekt * Gorokhovaya Street * Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt * Ligovsky Avenue * Lines of Vasilyevsky Island * Liteyny Avenue * Malaya Sadovaya Street * Millionnaya Street * Moskovsky Avenue * Neva embankments (disambiguation), Neva embankments **Admiralty Embankment ***Lions at the Dvortsovaya pier **English Embankment **Kutuzov Embankment ** Palace Embankment **Universitetskaya Embankment ***Quay with Sphinxes * Nevsky Prospect * Sadovaya Street

Theatres in Saint Petersburg

List of theatres in Saint Petersburg, Theatres in Saint Petersburg * Alexandrinsky Theatre * Baltic House Festival Theatre * Bolshoi Theatre, Saint Petersburg, 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 (theatre), Zazerkalie

Towers in Saint Petersburg

* Griffins' tower * Lesnoy Mole Rear Range Light * Saint Petersburg TV Tower

Triumphal arches in Saint Petersburg

* Moscow Triumphal Gate * Narva Triumphal Arch

Demographics of Saint Petersburg

Government and politics of Saint Petersburg

Politics of Saint Petersburg * Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg * Saint Petersburg City Administration ** Governor of Saint Petersburg

Law and order in Saint Petersburg

* Charter of Saint Petersburg * Saint Petersburg Police

Military in Saint Petersburg

* Western Military District

History of Saint Petersburg

History of Saint Petersburg, by period or event

Timeline of Saint Petersburg * Saint Petersburg#Imperial era (1703–1917), 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 1905 Russian Revolution, 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#Revolution and Soviet era (1917–1941), Saint Petersburg during the Revolution and Soviet Era (1917–1941) ** In March 1917, during the February Revolution, Nicholas II of Russia, Nicholas II abdicated. ** On 7 November 1917, the Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin stormed the

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#World War II (1941–1945), Saint Petersburg during World War II (1941–1945) ** Siege of Leningrad (1941–1944) * Saint Petersburg#Soviet Era Continued (1945–1991), 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. * Saint Petersburg#Contemporary era (1991–present), 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

Society and culture in Saint Petersburg, Culture of Saint Petersburg

Arts in Saint Petersburg

Architecture of Saint Petersburg

List of buildings and structures in Saint Petersburg, Architecture of Saint Petersburg * Art Nouveau architecture in Russia, Art Nouveau architecture in Saint Petersburg **Singer House * Petrine Baroque, Baroque architecture in Saint Petersburg **Smolny Convent ** Vorontsov Palace * Fences in Saint Petersburg * Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival architecture in Saint Petersburg **Gothic Chapel (Peterhof), Gothic Chapel * Greek Revival architecture#Russia, Greek Revival architecture in Saint Petersburg **Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange and Rostral Columns, Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange * Neoclassical architecture in Russia, Neoclassical architecture in Saint Petersburg ** Alexander Palace **General Staff Building (Saint Petersburg), General Staff Building **Trinity Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Trinity Cathedral * Palladian architecture, Palladian architecture in Saint Petersburg **Smolny Institute * Petrine Baroque, Petrine Baroque in Saint Petersburg **

**Twelve Collegia ** Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral

Cinema of Saint Petersburg

* Festival of Festivals, Saint Petersburg, Festival of Festivals * Saint Petersburg International Film Festival

Literature of Saint Petersburg

* Fyodor Dostoyevsky ** ''Crime and Punishment'' ** ''The Double (Dostoyevsky novel), The Double'' * Nikolai Gogol **The Nose (Gogol short story), The Nose * Aleksandr Pushkin * Ivan Turgenev * National Library of Russia

Music and ballet of Saint Petersburg

* Ballet of Saint Petersburg ** Mariinsky Ballet ***Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet ** St Petersburg Ballet Theatre Igor Stravinsky LOC 32392u

* Society and culture in Saint Petersburg#Music in St. Petersburg, Music of Saint Petersburg ** Music schools in Saint Petersburg ***Saint Petersburg Conservatory ** Music venues in Saint Petersburg ***Mariinsky Theatre ***Mikhailovsky Theatre ***Saint Petersburg Philharmonia ***St. Petersburg Music Hall ** Musical compositions dedicated to Saint Petersburg ***Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich) ** Musical ensembles in Saint Petersburg ***Saint Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra ***Saint Petersburg Court Chapel ***Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra ***The Male Choir of St. Petersburg ** Musicians from Saint Petersburg ***Alexander Borodin ***Victor Ewald ***Alexander Glazunov ***Alexander Serov ***Dmitri Shostakovich ***Igor Stravinsky ***The Five (composers), The Five

Theatre of Saint Petersburg

* Lensovet Theatre * Teatralnaya laboratoriya

Visual arts of Saint Petersburg

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* Fine Art of Leningrad * Leningrad School of Painting * List of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists, Painters of Saint Petersburg Events in Saint Petersburg Shou alie parusa

* White Nights Festival **Festival of Festivals, Saint Petersburg, Festival of Festivals **Scarlet Sails (tradition), Scarlet Sails **White Nights International Marathon Languages of Saint Petersburg * Russian language * Veps language Media in Saint Petersburg * Newspapers in Saint Petersburg **''The St. Petersburg Times (Russia), The St. Petersburg Times'' * Radio and television in Saint Petersburg ** List of television and radio stations in Saint Petersburg, Television and radio stations in Saint Petersburg People from Saint Petersburg * List of people from Saint Petersburg ** George Balanchine ** Peter Carl Fabergé ** Ludvig Faddeev ** Mikhail Kutuzov ** Vladimir Nabokov

Religion in Saint Petersburg

Religion in Saint Petersburg * Catholicism in Saint Petersburg **Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Petersburg *** Church of St. Catherine (Saint Petersburg), Church of St. Catherine * Eastern Orthodoxy in Saint Petersburg ** Transfiguration Cathedral (Saint Petersburg), Transfiguration Cathedral * Russian Orthodoxy in Saint Petersburg ** Russian Orthodox Church * Buddhism in Saint Petersburg **Datsan Gunzechoinei * Islam in Saint Petersburg ** Saint Petersburg Mosque * Judaism in Saint Petersburg ** Grand Choral Synagogue

Sports in Saint Petersburg

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Sport in Saint Petersburg * Basketball in Saint Petersburg ** BC Spartak Saint Petersburg ** B.C. Zenit Saint Petersburg * Football in Saint Petersburg ** Association football in Saint Petersburg *** FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg *** FC Zenit Saint Petersburg ** Saint Petersburg derby * Ice hockey in Saint Petersburg ** HC Dinamo Saint Petersburg ** SKA 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 ** Ice Palace (Saint Petersburg), Ice Palace ** Krestovsky Stadium ** Petrovsky Stadium ** Saint Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex ** Yubileyny Sports Palace

Economy and infrastructure of Saint Petersburg

Economy of Saint Petersburg * Financial services in Saint Petersburg ** Bank Saint Petersburg ** Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange * Hotels in Saint Petersburg ** Angleterre Hotel ** Corinthia Hotel St. Petersburg ** Grand Hotel Europe ** Hotel Astoria (Saint Petersburg), Hotel Astoria ** Lobanov-Rostovsky Palace, Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace ** Oktyabrskaya Hotel ** Saint Petersburg (hotel, Saint Petersburg), Saint Petersburg * Restaurants and cafés in Saint Petersburg ** Literaturnoye Kafe (Saint Petersburg), Literaturnoye Kafe * Shipbuilding industry **Admiralty Shipyard **Almaz Shipbuilding Company * Shopping malls and markets in Saint Petersburg ** List of shopping malls in Saint Petersburg, Shopping malls in Saint Petersburg ***DLT (department store), DLT ***Galeria (Saint Petersburg), Galeria ***Great Gostiny Dvor ***Passage (department store), Passage * Saint Petersburg#Tourism, Tourism in Saint Petersburg ** Landmarks of Saint Petersburg

Transportation in Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg#Transportation, Transportation in Saint Petersburg * Public transport in Saint Petersburg ** Public transport operators in Saint Petersburg * Air transport in Saint Petersburg ** Airports in Saint Petersburg ***Pulkovo Airport * Maritime transport in Saint Petersburg ** Ports and harbours in Saint Petersburg ***Big port Saint Petersburg ***Passenger Port of St. Petersburg ** Shipping lines serving Saint Petersburg *** Baltic Sea Shipping Company * Road transport in Saint Petersburg ** Buses in Saint Petersburg, Bus transport in Saint Petersburg ** Central Arc Thoroughfare ** Saint Petersburg Ring Road

Rail transport in Saint Petersburg

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Rail transport in Saint Petersburg * Railway stations in Saint Petersburg ** Baltiysky railway station ** Finland Station ***Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway ** Ladozhsky railway station ** Moskovsky railway station (Saint Petersburg), Moskovsky railway station ** Vitebsky railway station * Spb metro logo

Saint Petersburg Metro ** ** ** ** ** ***List of Saint Petersburg Metro stations * Trams in Saint Petersburg **Vasileostrovsky tram depot

Education in Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg#Education, Education in Saint Petersburg * Primary schools in Saint Petersburg ** St Petersburg Classical Gymnasium * Secondary schools in Saint Petersburg ** Karl May School ** Saint Peter's School (Saint Petersburg), Saint Peter's School ** Saint Petersburg Lyceum 30 ** Saint Petersburg Lyceum 239 ** The Second Saint Petersburg Gymnasium ** Tavricheskaya Art School * List of higher education and academic institutions in Saint Petersburg, Higher education and academic institutions in Saint Petersburg ** Music schools *** Kikin Hall ***Saint Petersburg Conservatory ** Universities in Saint Petersburg ***Herzen University ***Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University ***Saint Petersburg State University ***Saint-Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering ***Saint-Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts ***Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance ** Research institutes in Saint Petersburg ***Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute ***Bekhterev Psychoneurological Institute ***Komarov Botanical Institute ***Krylov State Research Center

Healthcare in Saint Petersburg

* Hospitals in Saint Petersburg ** City hospital No. 40

References

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