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Categories: federal city of Russia, big city, capital of Russia, former capital, largest city, city or town, federal subject of Russia, million city and locality. Location: Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe. View on OpenStreetMap.
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St. Petersburg, city and port, extreme northwestern Russia. A major historical and cultural centre and an important port, St. Petersburg lies about 400 miles (640 km) northwest of Moscow and only about 7° south of the Arctic Circle. It is the second largest city of Russia and one of the world’s major cities. St. Petersburg has played a vital role i...
St. Petersburg is a mecca of cultural, historical, and architectural landmarks. Founded by Tsar Peter I (the Great) as Russia’s “window on Europe,” it bears the unofficial status of Russia’s cultural capital and most European city, a distinction that it strives to retain in its perennial competition with Moscow. Three distinctive characteristics of...
St. Petersburg is located on the delta of the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland. The city spreads across 42 islands of the delta and across adjacent parts of the mainland floodplain. The very low and originally marshy site has subjected the city to recurrent flooding, especially in the autumn, when strong cyclonic winds drive gulf waters upstream, and also at the time of the spring thaw. Exceptionally severe inundations occurred in 1777, 1824, and 1924; the last two were the highest on record and flooded most of the city. To control the destructive floodwaters, the city built in the 1980s an 18-mile- (29-km-) long dike across the Gulf of Finland. A number of canals also have been cut to assist drainage.
Greater St. Petersburg—the city itself with its satellite towns— forms a horseshoe shape around the head of the Gulf of Finland and includes the island of Kotlin in the gulf. On the north it stretches westward along the shore for nearly 50 miles (80 km) to include Zelenogorsk. This northern extension is an area of dormitory towns, resorts, sanatoriums, and children’s camps set among extensive coniferous forests and fringed by fine beaches and sand dunes. Some upper-class St. Petersburg residents also have summer cottages, or dachas, in this area. On the southern side of the gulf, the metropolitan limits extend westward to include Peterhof and Lomonosov. Eastward, Greater St. Petersburg stretches up the Neva River to Ivanovskoye.
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The mitigating effect of the Atlantic Ocean provides St. Petersburg with a milder climate than might be expected for its far northern site. Nevertheless, winters are rather cold, with a mean January temperature of about 21 °F (−6 °C), a few degrees warmer than that for Moscow. Winter temperatures can drop below −40 °F (−40 °C), however. Snow cover ...
Coordinates: 30°18′31″E. Saint Petersburg, [a] formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, [b] 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.
Oct 16, 2023 · Find various maps of Saint Petersburg, the second-largest city in Russia and a major cultural center. Explore the location, tourist attractions, metro, and regional maps of Saint Petersburg and its surroundings.
Satellite view and map shows Saint Petersburg, for some times in history called Leningrad. It is Russia's second largest city, a major seaport and a Federal City, located in European Russia. The city, often described as the most western city of Russia, even if Kaliningrad in Kaliningrad Oblast is much further west.
Aug 10, 2022 · Map of Saint Petersburg, which is the second-largest city in Russia and the third largest in Europe. The map shows major landmarks, roads, airports, shopping malls, etc. Description : Map shows the major landmarks, roads, rail network, airports and important places of Saint Petersburg city, Russia. 0.
Sep 23, 2021 · In this article I have made a selection of official tourist maps of Saint Petersburg, which you can download and print. These maps will allow you to move around the city and its surroundings: main tourist attractions, monuments, palaces or transport (Metro, bus, trolleybus or tram).
