Short description: Overview of and topical guide to Saint Petersburg
Flag of 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.
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
Quay with Sphinxes
Nevsky Prospect
Sadovaya Street
Theatres in Saint Petersburg
The Alexandrinsky TheatreSaint Petersburg TV TowerNarva 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
Fence of the Catherine PalaceThe Old Saint Petersburg Stock ExchangeThe 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
Singer House
Baroque architecture in Saint Petersburg
Smolny Convent
Vorontsov Palace
Fences in Saint Petersburg
Gothic Revival architecture in Saint Petersburg
Gothic Chapel
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
Smolny Institute
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
The Nose
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 centurySaint 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