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St. Petersburg, known in colloquial language as Petrograd (Петроград, 1914-1924) and in Soviet times as Leningrad (Ленинград, 1924-1991), is located in north-west Russia in the Neva River delta in the eastern bay Finland's Baltic Sea.
It was founded by Tsar Peter the Great in 1703, as a "window to Europe", being at that time capital of Russian Empire until 1918. With nearly 4.5 million inhabitants (2002), is today the second largest city of Russia, the fourth largest city in Europe, a European center of culture and most importantly extremely important Russian Baltic Sea port.
St. Petersburg is the northernmost European city with over 1 million inhabitants. City Center is one of the sites protected by UNESCO as part of universal heritage. The city, which has been for more than two centuries, political and cultural center of Russia today is extremely important to honor people also call often, "Northern Capital" ("Cеверная Cтолица" Severnaia Stali). St. Petersburg is the administrative center of Leningrad Region of the Northwestern Federal District. Majestic image of the city is due to various architectural details: long, straight boulevards, vast spaces, gardens and parks, decorative wrought iron fences, monuments and decorative sculptures. Neva River with its many canals, bridges and piers of granite, giving the city a unique style, unmistakable.
Many channels have made the city to be given the nickname "Venice of the North". Location St. Petersburg near the Arctic Circle, at the same latitude as the cities Helsinki, Stockholm and Oslo (60 ° N), make the twilight to last all night in May, June and July. This phenomenon is known as the white nights. Another major attraction is the nine bridges over the Neva that open dump. Tourists flock to see the bridges lowered and raised to allow ships to pass through the city. The historic center of St. Petersburg, called sometimes and open-air museum of neoclassicism was the first Russian patrimony inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
St Petersburg | St. Petersburg, known in colloquial language as Petrograd (Петроград, 1914-1924) and in Soviet times as Leningrad (Ленинград, 1924-1991), is located in north-west Russia in the Neva River delta in the eastern bay Finland's Baltic Sea
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