Short description : Overview of and topical guide to Saint Petersburg
Coat of arms of Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg – second-largest city in Russia. An important Russian port on the Baltic Sea, it has the status of a federal subject (a federal city). Its name was changed to "Petrograd" in 1914, then to "Leningrad" in 1924, and back to Saint Petersburg in 1991.
General reference
Geography of Saint Petersburg
Geography of Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is:
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
Environment of Saint Petersburg
Satellite picture of St. Petersburg
File:Собор Воскресения (Спас на крови).jpg The Griboyedov Canal
Aerial view of the Vasilyevsky Island
Districts of St. Petersburg: 1. Admiralteysky 2. Vasileostrovsky 3. Vyborgsky 4. Kalininsky 5. Kirovsky 6. Kolpinsky 7. Krasnogvardeysky 8. Krasnoselsky 9. Kronshtadtsky 10. Kurortny 11. Moskovsky 12. Nevsky 13. Petrogradsky 14. Petrodvortsovy 15. Primorsky 16. Pushkinsky 17. Frunzensky 18. Tsentralny
Climate of Saint Petersburg
Natural geographic features of Saint Petersburg
Canals in Saint Petersburg
Griboyedov Canal
Ligovsky Canal
Obvodny Canal
Winter Canal
Hills in Saint Petersburg
Duderhof Heights
Pulkovo Heights
Islands in Saint Petersburg
Aptekarsky Island
Dekabristov Island
Hare Island
Kamenny Islands
Krestovsky Island
Yelagin Island
Kotlin Island
New Holland Island
Petrogradsky Island
Vasilyevsky Island
Lakes in Saint Petersburg
Lakhtinsky Razliv
Ligovsky Pond
Rivers in Saint Petersburg
Izhora River
Karpovka River
Moyka River
Neva River
Bolshaya Neva River
Bolshaya Nevka River
Fontanka River
Malaya Neva
Okhta River
Sestra River
Areas of Saint Petersburg
Districts of Saint Petersburg
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
Bridges in Saint Petersburg
The Lomonosov Bridge
The Palace Bridge
The English Bridge
Bridges in Saint Petersburg
Anichkov Bridge
Bank Bridge
Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge
Bolshoy Obukhovsky Bridge
Bridge of Four Lions
Egyptian Bridge
English Bridge
Exchange Bridge
Finland Railway Bridge
Hermitage Bridge
Italian Bridge
Lazarevskiy Bridge
Lomonosov Bridge
Marble Bridge
Palace Bridge
Saint Petersburg Dam
Floods in Saint Petersburg
Trinity Bridge
Cultural and exhibition centers in Saint Petersburg
Kuryokhin Center
Saint Petersburg Manege
Forts of Saint Petersburg
Aerial view of Peter and Paul Fortress
Fort Alexander
Peter and Paul Fortress
Grand Ducal Burial Vault
Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral
Saint Petersburg Mint
Monuments and memorials in Saint Petersburg
The Leningrad Hero City Obelisk
Alexander Column
Bronze Horseman
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)
Rimsky-Korsakov Monument
Museums and art galleries in Saint Petersburg
The Kunstkamera
Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps
The Russian Museum
The Menshikov Palace, a branch of the Hermitage Museum
Museums in Saint Petersburg
Arctic and Antarctic Museum
ARKA Gallery
Central Naval Museum
Dmitry Mendeleev's Memorial Museum Apartment
Dostoyevsky Museum
Erarta
Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg
Grand Maket Rossiya
Hermitage Museum
Kunstkamera
Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps
Museum of Electrical Transport
Museum of Political History of Russia
Museum of Russian Submarine Forces
National Pushkin Museum
Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment and Museum
Russian cruiser Aurora
Russian Museum
Cabin of Peter the Great
Collections of the Russian Museum
Russian Museum of Ethnography
Russian Museum of Military Medicine
Russian Railway Museum
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
Palaces and villas in Saint Petersburg
The Winter Palace
Oranienbaum, the Grand Menshikov Palace
Peterhof Palace
Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo
The Amber Room in 1917
Alexis Palace
Anichkov Palace
Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace
Gatchina Palace
Kamenny Island Palace
Kikin Hall
Lobanov-Rostovsky Palace
Marble Palace
Mariinsky Palace
Menshikov Palace
Moika Palace
Naryshkin-Shuvalov Palace
Nevsky Prospect 86
New Michael Palace
Nicholas Palace
Oranienbaum
Pavlovsk Palace
Peterhof Palace
Monplaisir Palace
Peterhof Grand Palace
Saint Michael's Castle
Saltykov Mansion
Shuvalov Palace
Stroganov Palace
Summer Palace
Summer Palace of Peter the Great
Tauride Palace
Tsarskoye Selo
Alexander Palace
Catherine Palace
Sophia Cathedral
Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum
Vladimir Palace
Vorontsov Palace
Winter Palace
Military Gallery of the Winter Palace
Neva Enfilade of the Winter Palace
Private Apartments of the Winter Palace
Yelagin Palace
Parks and gardens in Saint Petersburg
The "Temple of Friendship" in Pavlovsk Park
Alexander Garden
Alexander Park
Catherine Park
Field of Mars
Maritime Victory Park
Mikhailovsky Garden
Monplaisir Garden
Moskovsky Victory Park
Pavlovsk Park
Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden
Summer Garden
Public squares in Saint Petersburg
Saint Isaac's Square
Public squares in Saint Petersburg
Manezhnaya Square
Muzhestva Square
Palace Square
Saint Isaac's Square
Senate Square
Sennaya Square
Victory Square
Vosstaniya Square
Religious buildings in Saint Petersburg
The Church of the Savior on Blood
Kazan Cathedral
Smolny Convent
Trinity Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Lavra
Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra
Ascension Cathedral
Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Chesme Church
Church of St. Catherine
Church of the Epiphany
Church of the Savior on Blood
Coastal Monastery of Saint Sergius
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saint Mary
Gothic Chapel
Ioannovsky Convent
Kazan Cathedral
Kronstadt Naval Cathedral
Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Old Trinity Cathedral
Sacred Heart Church
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
St. John's Church
St. Julian's Church
St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral
St. Stanislaus Church
St. Vladimir's Cathedral
Transfiguration Cathedral
Trinity Cathedral
Vladimirskaya Church
Secular buildings in Saint Petersburg
The Admiralty tower
The Imperial Academy of Arts
Buildings and structures in Saint Petersburg
The Admiralty Embankment
File:Английская набережная Невы. Санкт-Петербург. IMG 3528WIR.jpg The English Embankment
Quay with Sphinxes
Admiralty building
Ciniselli Circus
Eliseyev Emporium
Esders and Scheefhaals building
General Staff Building
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
Saint Petersburg Mint
Singer House
Smolny Institute
Tolstoy House
Twelve Collegia
Utkina Dacha
Wawelberg Bank building
Streets in Saint Petersburg
Bolshoy Prospekt
Gorokhovaya Street
Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt
Ligovsky Avenue
Lines of Vasilyevsky Island
Liteyny Avenue
Malaya Sadovaya Street
Millionnaya Street
Moskovsky Avenue
Neva embankments
Admiralty Embankment
Lions at the Dvortsovaya pier
English Embankment
Kutuzov Embankment
Palace Embankment
Universitetskaya Embankment
Nevsky Prospect
Sadovaya Street
Theatres in Saint Petersburg
The Alexandrinsky Theatre
Saint Petersburg TV Tower
Narva Triumphal Arch
Theatres in Saint Petersburg
Alexandrinsky Theatre
Baltic House Festival Theatre
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
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
Demographics of Saint Petersburg
Government and politics of Saint Petersburg
Smolny Institute, the seat of the governor's office and city administration
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
History of Saint Petersburg, by period or event
Tsar Peter the Great, who founded Saint Petersburg in 1703
Timeline of Saint Petersburg
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 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 during the Revolution and Soviet Era (1917–1941)
In March 1917, during the February Revolution, Nicholas II abdicated.
On 7 November 1917, the Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin stormed the Winter Palace 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 during World War II (1941–1945)
Siege of Leningrad (1941–1944)
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.
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
File:Russland - St. Petersburg - Good day or goodbye Great Catherine Palace - Прощай, Большой Екатерининский дворец - panoramio.jpg Fence of the Catherine Palace
The Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange
File:Царское Село. Александровский дворец 2.jpg The Alexander Palace
Culture of Saint Petersburg
Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli , an Italian architect who contributed numerous landmarks to St. Petersburg
Arts in Saint Petersburg
Architecture of Saint Petersburg
Architecture of Saint Petersburg
Art Nouveau architecture in Saint Petersburg
Baroque architecture in Saint Petersburg
Smolny Convent
Vorontsov Palace
Fences in Saint Petersburg
Gothic Revival architecture in Saint Petersburg
Greek Revival architecture in Saint Petersburg
Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange
Neoclassical architecture in Saint Petersburg
Alexander Palace
General Staff Building
Trinity Cathedral
Palladian architecture in Saint Petersburg
Petrine Baroque in Saint Petersburg
Menshikov Palace
Twelve Collegia
Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral
Cinema of Saint Petersburg
Festival of Festivals
Saint Petersburg International Film Festival
Literature of Saint Petersburg
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Crime and Punishment
The Double
Nikolai Gogol
Aleksandr Pushkin
Ivan Turgenev
National Library of Russia
Music and ballet of Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg Conservatory
Ballet of Saint Petersburg
Mariinsky Ballet
Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet
St Petersburg Ballet Theatre
Igor Stravinsky, considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century
Saint Petersburg Lensoviet Theatre
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
Theatre of Saint Petersburg
Lensovet Theatre
Teatralnaya laboratoriya
Visual arts of Saint Petersburg
The Rose Trellis Egg made in Saint Petersburg in 1907
Fine Art of Leningrad
Leningrad School of Painting
Painters of Saint Petersburg
Events in Saint Petersburg
Scarlet Sails, a public event during the White Nights Festival
White Nights Festival
Festival of Festivals
Scarlet Sails
White Nights International Marathon
Languages of Saint Petersburg
Media in Saint Petersburg
Newspapers in Saint Petersburg
Radio and television 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
Saint Isaac's Cathedral, a Russian Orthodox Church
The Datsan Gunzechoinei
Religion in Saint Petersburg
Catholicism in Saint Petersburg
Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Petersburg
Eastern Orthodoxy in Saint Petersburg
Transfiguration Cathedral
Russian Orthodoxy in Saint Petersburg
Buddhism in Saint Petersburg
Islam in Saint Petersburg
Judaism in Saint Petersburg
Sports in Saint Petersburg
Krestovsky Stadium
The Saint Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex
Petrovsky Stadium
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
Krestovsky Stadium
Petrovsky Stadium
Saint Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex
Yubileyny Sports Palace
Economy and infrastructure of Saint Petersburg
Hotel Astoria
The Saint Petersburg hotel
The DLT department store
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
Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace
Oktyabrskaya Hotel
Saint Petersburg
Restaurants and cafés in Saint Petersburg
Shipbuilding industry
Admiralty Shipyard
Almaz Shipbuilding Company
Shopping malls and markets in Saint Petersburg
Shopping malls in Saint Petersburg
DLT
Galeria
Great Gostiny Dvor
Passage
Tourism in Saint Petersburg
Landmarks of Saint Petersburg
Transportation in Saint Petersburg
Pulkovo Airport
Cruise ship at Passenger Port of St. Petersburg
Transportation in Saint Petersburg
Public transport in Saint Petersburg
Public transport operators in Saint Petersburg
Air transport in Saint Petersburg
Airports in Saint Petersburg
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
Bus transport in Saint Petersburg
Central Arc Thoroughfare
Saint Petersburg Ring Road
Rail transport in Saint Petersburg
Kirovsky Zavod metrostation
File:TramMoskovskiyeVorotaSquare2008-04-12-1103c cut.jpg Tram on Moscow Gate Square
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
Vitebsky railway station
Saint Petersburg Metro
List of Saint Petersburg Metro stations
Trams in Saint Petersburg
Vasileostrovsky tram depot
Education in Saint Petersburg
The Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology
Kikin Hall
Komarov Botanical Institute , the botanical garden
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 Lyceum 30
Saint Petersburg Lyceum 239
The Second Saint Petersburg Gymnasium
Tavricheskaya Art School
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
Healthcare in Saint Petersburg
Hospitals in Saint Petersburg
See also
References
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External links
File:Internet-web-browser.svg Wikimedia Atlas of Saint Petersburg
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