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  1. Saint Petersburg (Russian: Са́нкт-Петербу́рг Sankt-Peterburg), known as Petrograd (Петроград) in 1914-1924 and Leningrad (Ленинград) in 1924-1991, is the second largest city of Russia, with 5.6 million inhabitants (2021), and the former capital of the Russian Empire. Founded in 1703, it is not ancient, but its ...

  2. 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.

  3. Dec 23, 2023 · 1. State Hermitage Museum. 2. Peter and Paul Fortress. 3. Palace Square. 4. Peterhof Palace. 5. Eliseyev Emporium. 6. Vasilyevsky Island. 7. Nevsky Avenue. 8. Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood. 9. Mariinsky Theater. 10. Rivers and Canals. 11. Cruiser Aurora. 12. Saint Isaac's Cathedral. Where to Stay in St. Petersburg, Russia for Sightseeing.

  4. 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.

  5. 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...

  6. 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.

  7. 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). Saint Petersburg ceased being the capital in 1918 after the October Coup.

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