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In Russia, Saint Petersburg is historically and culturally associated with the birth of the Russian Empire and Russia's entry into modern history as a European great power. [9] It served as a capital of the Tsardom of Russia , and the subsequent Russian Empire, from 1712 to 1918 (being replaced by Moscow for a short period of time between 1728 ...
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This SVG map is part of a locator map series applying the widespread location map ... Location of Saint Petersburg within Russia. Items portrayed in this file depicts ...
The Saint Petersburg Metro (Russian: Петербургский метрополитен, romanized: Peterburgskiy metropoliten) is a rapid transit system in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Construction began in early 1941, but was put on hold due to World War II and the subsequent Siege of Leningrad , during which the constructed stations were used ...
Russia is one of the world's most urbanized countries, with roughly 75% of its total population living in urban areas. [11] Moscow , the capital and largest city, has a population estimated at 12.4 million residents within the city limits, [ 12 ] while over 17 million residents in the urban area, [ 13 ] and over 20 million residents in the ...
Latitude Locations 90° N North Pole: 75° N: Arctic Ocean; Russia; northern Canada; Greenland: 60° N: Oslo, Norway; Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden; major parts of Nordic countries in EU; St. Petersburg, Russia; southern Alaska United States; southern border of the Yukon and the Northwest territories in Canada; Shetland, UK (Scotland)
The leaders of Russia and Belarus met Monday to discuss ways to further expand their close alliance that has seen the deployment of some of Russia's nuclear weapons on the territory of its neighbor.
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject located in the Northwestern Federal District of Russia. It stands at the mouth of the Neva River at the east end of the Gulf of Finland (part of the Baltic Sea). Satellite picture of Saint Petersburg Territory of the federal subject of Saint Petersburg Gulf of Finland at Zelenogorsk