"St Petersburg......City of the Tsars: " a Saint Petersburg Travel Page by pacus3rd

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<b>St Petersburg..... </b><b><font color=blue>the second largest city of Russia,is situated on 60 degrees of the Northern latitude that passes roughly across Alaska and Greenland,Stockholm,Oslo and Helsinki can brast of being at the same latitude.
St Petersburg is the world's largest megapolis(4.7 million of people) situated this far to the north.
You can enjoy magnificent white nights that last over 30 days.
June 21-27 are the largest days(18hours 53 minutes).
The Sun hardly hides behind the horizon and you can read a news paper under the night sky.
St Petersburg is a relatuvely new city founded in May 27,1703.
It became the capital of Russia and retained the status till 1918.
Even now it is refered to as "the Northern Capital" of Russia.
Over almost 300 years of its History St Petersburg accumulated all the grandeur of the Russian Imperial Court and became one of the largest centers of Culture,Science and Industry.
Created by Peter the Great as a sea port on the Baltic,it was essentially "A Window to the West" for Russia combining the best of the West and the East.
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