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Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of roughly 5.6 million residents as of 2021, with more than 6.4 million people living in the metropolitan area.
Feb 12, 2021 · Ranking of the top 18 things to do in St. Petersburg. Travelers favorites include #1 Hermitage Museum and the Winter Palace, #2 Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood and more.
State Hermitage Museum. St Petersburg. The Hermitage fully lives up to its sterling reputation. You can be absorbed by its treasures for days and still come out wanting more. The enormous… Grand Palace. Around St Petersburg.
Feb 27, 2018 · February 27, 2018. • 7 min read. You’d need 24 days, not hours, to even begin to see all that St. Petersburg has to offer. But with just one day here, you can get a taste of what makes this...
Sep 10, 2019 · Explore the art, architecture, and history of Russia's grand and second largest city. On the map, St Petersburg fits into a triangle, its lines drawn along the Gulf of Finland, the Obvodny Canal and the Neva River; the river divides the city into two approximately equal parts.
Bibliography. History of Saint Petersburg. The Bronze Horseman, monument to Peter the Great. The city of Saint Petersburg was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703. It became the capital of the Russian Empire and remained as such for more than two hundred years (1712–1728, 1732–1918).
01 / Attractions. Must-see attractions. State Hermitage Museum. St Petersburg. The Hermitage fully lives up to its sterling reputation. You can be absorbed by its treasures for days and still come out wanting more. The enormous… Grand Palace. Around St Petersburg.
