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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 ...
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.
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
Lake Ladoga [a] is a freshwater lake located in the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia, in the vicinity of Saint Petersburg.. It is the largest lake located entirely in Europe, the second largest lake in Russia after Lake Baikal, and the 14th largest freshwater lake by area in the world.
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Central Saint Petersburg is the central and the leading part of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It looks nothing like the downtown district of a typical major city, and has no skyscrapers. The Central Business District's main borders are Neva River to the north and west, and the Fontanka River to the south and east, but the downtown includes areas ...