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Population pyramid of St. Petersburg in the 2021 Russian Census. Saint Petersburg is the second largest city in Russia. As of the 2021 Census, [4] the federal subject's population is 5,601,911 or 3.9% of the total population of Russia; up from 4,879,566 (3.4%) recorded in the 2010 Census, [69] and up from 5,023,506 recorded in the 1989 Census. [70]
The city of Zelenograd (a part of the federal city of Moscow) and the municipal cities/towns of the federal city of St. Petersburg are also excluded, as they are not enumerated in the 2021 census as stand-alone localities. Note that the sixteen largest cities have a total population of 35,509,177, or roughly 24.1% of the country's total population.
Twin towns memorial in Yaroslavl Map of Russia. This is a list of places in Russia which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
A popular ska punk band from Saint Petersburg is called Leningrad. Leningrad Oblast retained its name after a popular vote. It is a separate federal subject of Russia of which the city of St. Petersburg is the capital. In 1996, Vladimir Yakovlev was elected the head of the Saint Petersburg City Administration, and changed his title from mayor ...
The Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments is the name used by UNESCO when it collectively designated the historic core of the Russian city of St. Petersburg, as well as buildings and ensembles located in the immediate vicinity as a World Heritage Site in 1991.
City renamed Saint Petersburg. Flag design adopted. Anatoly Aleksandrovich Sobchak becomes mayor. 1993 – Tunnel nightclub opens. [citation needed] 1994 Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg formed. St Petersburg Ballet Theatre founded. 1996 – Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev becomes city governor. 1997 – Toy Museum established. 1998
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.
Satellite picture of St. Peterburg. Saint Petersburg is the second largest city in Russia, after Moscow and the fourth most populous city in Europe. 2002 census recorded population of the federal subject 4,661,219, or 3.21% of the total population of Russia. The city with its vicinity has an estimated population of about 6 million people.