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Sankt-Peterburg - Saint-Petersburg

by eksvist - last update: Apr 25, 2008

Saint-Petersburg is a city of Russia located on the Neva River at the east end of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea.

St. Petersburg's informal name is Piter. The city's other names were Sankt-Piter-Burh (1703), Petrograd (1914–1924) and Leningrad (1924–1991)

Founded by Tsar Peter the Great on May 27, 1703, it was the capital of the Russian Empire for more than two hundred years (1713-1728, 1732-1918).
It is Russia's second largest and Europe's fourth largest city after Moscow, London and Paris.
4.6 million people live in the city, and over 6 million people live in the city's vicinity
Saint Petersburg is built on what originally were more than 100 islands created by a maze of rivers, creeks, canals, gulfs, lakes and ponds and other bodies of water that flow into the Baltic Sea at the mouth of the Neva river.
Peter the Great was designing the city as another Amsterdam and Venice, with canals instead of streets and citizens skillful in sailing. Initially, there were only about ten bridges constructed in the city, mainly across ditches and minor creeks.
When you visiting the Sankt-Peterburg, then certainly look my tips about Peterhof, Pushkin - Tsarskoye Selo and maybe Kronstadt too.
They are beautiful places, what you must to see ... especially two first of them ...

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Comments for eksvist about Gorod Sankt-Peterburg
BillNJ Fri Jul 25, 2008 20:08 UTC
 Great tips and photos. The escalator from the metro sure looks like a long ride! Cheers, Bill
yumyum Fri Apr 25, 2008 19:15 UTC
 I like your toilet tip, haha! I lived in Peter for about 8 months to study some Russian in 2004/2005.
nora_south_africa Thu Apr 24, 2008 19:50 UTC
 thanx for the tips
HORSCHECK Wed Apr 23, 2008 21:46 UTC
 Fabulous start here. I especially like the night shots of the open bridges. Unfortunately I missed this event during my time in St. Petersburg.

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