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The metropolitan area extends for about 50 km (31 mi) from the center of Saint Petersburg. [2] The population of the Saint Petersburg metropolitan area is approximately 6.4 million people of the urbanized population [3] [4] (including St. Petersburg, Vsevolozhsky, most of Gatchinsky and Lomonosovsky Districts, and part of Kirovsky and Tosnensky ...
It has the only outdoor miniature park in Russia: [citation needed] Mini-Gorod (Мини-город "mini-town"). The Architects ( Зодчие ), a bronze sculptural group by Alexander Taratynov was installed on June 15, 2011.
The exquisite decoration of Saint Petersburg Metro. The city is a major transport hub. In 1837 the first Russian railroad was built here. Today St. Petersburg is the final destination of Trans-Siberian Railway, and a web of intercity and suburban railways, served by five different railway terminals (Baltiysky, Finlyandsky, Ladozhsky, Moskovsky and Vitebsky), [2] as well as dozens of non ...
The main settlement zone in European Russia had formed in accordance with the patterns of the development of industry and transport route, in cities between Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Nefedova specifies five main zones of settlement and urbanization pattern: [31] Poorly developed territory – This zone is a large external periphery.
Pages in category "Cities and towns under jurisdiction of Saint Petersburg" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Despite the economic instability of the 1990s, not a single major theatre or museum was closed in Saint Petersburg; on the contrary many new ones opened, for example a private museum of puppets (opened in 1999) is the third museum of its kind in Russia, where collections of more than 2000 dolls are presented including 'The multinational Saint ...
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Russia: Federal city: Saint Petersburg: The decision on development of western part of Vasilievsky Island: July, 1st, 2004 [1] Marine Facade Management Company has begun: October, 25th, 2006 [2] Project of a lay-out of territory of the Neva Bay in the Gulf of Finland off the West coast of Vasilievsky Island is confirmed: November, 13th 2007 [3 ...