Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, known as Petrograd in 1914-1924 and Leningrad in 1924-1991, is the second largest city of Russia, with 5.6 million inhabitants, and the former capital of the Russian Empire.Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popular Destinations
Center
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The Center of Saint Petersburg is the area of main interest to the traveler, home to most attractions of the metropolis.
North Saint Petersburg
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The Northern Part of St. Petersburg is the area north of the Bolshaya Nevka river, which is its boundary with the Petrograd Side to the south.
South Saint Petersburg
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The Southern suburbs of St. Petersburg are the area south of the Obvodny Canal.
Destinations
Vasilievsky Island
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The Vasilievsky Island is a borough in Saint Petersburg situated between the Bolshaya Neva and the Malaya Neva, two main distributaries of the river.
Right Bank
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The Right Bank corresponds to the urban area of Saint Petersburg east of the River Neva and the Center.
Petrograd Side
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The Petrograd Side is a borough in Saint Petersburg consisting of the islands of the northern part of the Neva delta.
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Notable Places in the Area
The Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood
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The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is a Russian Orthodox church in Saint Petersburg, Russia which currently functions as a secular museum and church at the same time.
National Library of Russia
The National Library of Russia, located in Saint Petersburg, is the first, and one of three national public libraries in Russia.Saint Petersburg Mosque
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The Saint Petersburg Mosque, when opened in 1913, was the largest mosque in Europe outside Turkey.
Localities in the Area
Peter and Paul Fortress
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The Peter and Paul Fortress is the original citadel of Saint Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress.
Apraksin Dvor
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Apraksin Yard is a market and retail block in Saint Petersburg, Russia, covering 14 hectares.
Vyborg Side
'The Vyborg Side is the traditional name of the northern and northeastern part of Saint Petersburg, Russia on the right-hand bank of the city's main waterway Neva and its first right-hand arm the Bolshaya Nevka.Saint Petersburg
- Type: City with 5,600,000 residents
- Description: federal city in and former capital of Russia
- Neighbors: Leningrad Oblast
- Categories: federal city of Russia, big city, capital of Russia, former capital, largest city, city or town, federal subject of Russia, million city and locality
- Location: Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
59.9387° or 59° 56' 19" northLongitude
30.3162° or 30° 18' 58" eastPopulation
5,600,000Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)Named after
PeterIATA airport code
LEDUnited Nations Location Code
RU LEDOpen Location Code
9GFGW8Q8+FFOpenStreetMap ID
node 27490597OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
498817Wikidata ID
Q656Saint Petersburg Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Saint-Petersburg
- Abkhazian: Санкт-Петербург
- Adyghe: Санкт-Петербург
- Afar: Sankt-Peterburg
- Afrikaans: Sint Petersburg
- Akan: Saint Petersburg
- Albanian: Shën Petersburgu
- Amharic: ሳንክት ፔቴርቡርግ
- Angika: संत पीटर्सबर्ग
- Arabic: San Petersburgo
- Arabic: بتروغراد
- Arabic: بطرسبرغ
- Arabic: بيتروغراد
- Arabic: سان بطرسبرغ
- Arabic: سان بطرسبورغ
- Arabic: سانت بطرسبرغ
- Arabic: سانت بطرسبورغ
- Arabic: ليننغراد
- Arabic: لينينغراد
- Aragonese: Sant Petersburgo
- Armenian: Սանկտ Պետերբուրգ
- Armenian: Սեն Փեթերսպուրկ
- Asturian: Leningráu
- Asturian: San Petersburgu
- Avaric: Sankt Peterburg
- Avaric: Петербур
- Avaric: Санкт-Петербург
- Awadhi: सेन्ट पिटर्सबर्ग
- Aymara: Santu Pitirwurhu
- Azerbaijani: Leninqrad
- Azerbaijani: Sankt-Peterburq
- Balinese: Saint Petersburg
- Bambara: Saint Petersburg
- Bashkir: Санкт-Петербург
- Basque: San Petersburgo
- Bavarian: Sankt Petersburg
- Belarusian: Ленінград
- Belarusian: Ленінґрад
- Belarusian: Петраград
- Belarusian: Пецярбург
- Belarusian: Піцер
- Belarusian: СПб
- Belarusian: Санкт-Пецярбург
- Bengali: সেন্ট পিটার্সবার্গ
- Bhojpuri: सेंट पीटर्सबर्ग
- Bislama: San-Peterburg
- Bosnian: Lenjingrad
- Bosnian: Petrograd
- Bosnian: Sankt Peterburg
- Breton: Sant-Petersbourg
- Bulgarian: Санкт Петербург
- Burmese: စိန့်ပီတာစဘတ်ခ်မြို့
- Burmese: စိန့်ပီတာစဘတ်မြို့
- Burmese: လီနင်ဂရက်မြို့
- Catalan: Sant Petersburg
- Cebuano: Gorod-Geroy Leningrad
- Cebuano: Saint Petersburg
- Cebuano: Sankt-Peterburg
- Central Kurdish: سانت پیتەربۆرگ
- Central Kurdish: سەنت پیتەرزبورگ
- Chamorro: Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Chamorro: Saint Petersburg
- Chechen: Петарбух
- Chinese: Sèng Pí-tek-pó
- Chinese: 列宁格勒
- Chinese: 列寧格勒
- Chinese: 圣彼得堡
- Chinese: 聖彼得堡
- Church Slavic: Санктъ Пєтєрбоургъ
- Chuvash: Питӗрпурк
- Chuvash: Санкт-Петербург
- Cornish: Sen Pederburg
- Corsican: San Petruburgu
- Crimean Tatar: Sankt-Peterburg
- Crimean Tatar: Sankt Peterburg
- Croatian (Historic): Lenjingrad
- Croatian (Historic): Petrograd
- Croatian: Sankt-Peterburg
- Croatian: Sankt Peterburg
- Czech: Leningrad
- Czech: Petrohrad
- Czech: Sankt-Petěrburg
- Dagbani: St. Petersburg
- Danish: Leningrad
- Danish: Petrograd
- Danish: Sankt-Peterburg
- Danish: Sankt Petersborg
- Danish: St. Petersborg
- Dimli (individual language): Saint Petersburg
- Dimli (individual language): Sankt Petersburg
- Dotyali: सेन्ट पिटर्सबर्ग
- Dutch: Leningrad
- Dutch: Sint-Petersburg
- Dutch: St. Petersburg
- Dutch: St Petersburg
- Eastern Mari: Санкт-Петербург
- Egyptian Arabic: سانت بطرسبورج
- English (Historic): Leningrad
- English (Historic): Petrograd
- English: Leningrad
- English: Peterburg
- English: Petersburg
- English: Petrograd
- English: Sankt-Peterburg
- English: St.-Petersburg
- English: St. Petersburg
- English: St Petersburg
- Erzya: Ине-Петрань ош
- Esperanto (Historic): Leningrado
- Esperanto: Leningrado
- Esperanto: Peterburgo
- Esperanto: Petrogrado
- Esperanto: Sankt-Peterburgo
- Estonian: Peterburi
- Extremaduran: San Petersburgu
- Faroese: St. Pætursborg
- Fiji Hindi: Saint Petersburg
- Fijian: Yalododonu Petersburg
- Finnish (Historic): Leningrad
- Finnish: Leningrad
- Finnish: Petrograd
- Finnish: Pietari
- French: Leningrad
- French: Léningrad
- French: Petrograd
- French: Saint-Pétersbourg
- French: St Petersbourg
- Galician: Leningrado
- Galician: Petrogrado
- Galician: San Petersburgo
- Galician: Санкт-Петербург
- Galician: سن پترزبۊرگ
- Georgian: სანკტ-პეტერბურგი
- Georgian: სანქტ-პეტერბურგი
- German (Historic): Leningrad
- German (Historic): Petrograd
- German: Leningrad
- German: Petrograd
- German: Sankt Petersburg
- German: St. Petersburg
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Saint Petersburg
- Gilaki: سن پترزبۊرگ
- Greek: Αγία Πετρούπολη
- Greek: Λένινγκραντ
- Greek: Ομοσπονδιακή Πόλη της Αγίας Πετρούπολης
- Greek: Πέτρογκραντ
- Guarani: San Petersburgo
- Gujarati: સેન્ટ પીટર્સબર્ગ
- Haitian: Saint-Pétersbourg
- Haitian: Sen Pitèboug
- Hakka Chinese: Sṳn Pí-tet-páu
- Hausa: Saint-Petersburg
- Hausa: Sana Peteroboro
- Hausa: Sankt-Peterburg
- Hawaiian: Sana Peteroboro
- Hebrew: סנקט פטרבורג
- Hindi: संत पीटरबर्ग
- Hindi: सेंट पीटर्सबर्ग
- Hungarian: A paloták városa
- Hungarian: Leningrád
- Hungarian: Petrográd
- Hungarian: Szentpétervár
- Hungarian: Észak Velencéje
- Hungarian: Észak fővárosa
- Icelandic: Pétursborg
- Icelandic: Sankti Pétursborg
- Icelandic: St. Pétursborg
- Ido: Santa Peterburg
- Ido: St Peterburg
- Iloko: San Petersburgo
- Inari Sami: Piättâr
- Indonesian: Sankt-Peterburg
- Indonesian: St. Petersburg
- Ingush: Санкт-Петербург
- Interlingua: Sancte Petroburgo
- Irish: Cathair Pheadair
- Italian: Leningrado
- Italian: Pietrogrado
- Italian: San Pietroburgo
- Japanese: サンクトペテルブルク
- Japanese: サンクト ペテルブルク
- Japanese: サンクトペテルブルク市
- Japanese: サンクト・ペテルブルク
- Japanese: サンクト・ペテルブルグ
- Japanese: セント・ピーターズバーグ
- Japanese: ペテルスブルク
- Japanese: ペトログラード
- Japanese: レニングラート
- Japanese: レニングラード
- Japanese: レーニングラード
- Japanese: 聖ペテロの街
- Javanese: St. Petersburg
- Kabardian: Бытырбыху
- Kabiyè: Sɛɛpetɛrsbuuri
- Kabyle: Saint-Petersburg
- Kalaallisut: Sankt Petersborg
- Kalmyk: Санкт-Петербург балһсн
- Kannada: ಸಂಕ್ತ್ ಪೇಟೆರ್ಬುಗ್
- Kannada: ಸೇಂಟ್ ಪೀಟರ್ಸ್ಬರ್ಗ್
- Kara-Kalpak: Sankt Peterburg
- Karachay-Balkar: Санкт-Петербург
- Karelian: Piiteri
- Kashubian: Piotrogard
- Kazakh: Ленинград қаласы
- Kazakh: Питер
- Kazakh: Санкт-Петербург
- Kazakh: Санкт-Петербург қаласы
- Kildin Sami: Ленинград
- Kildin Sami: Пе̄дар ланнҍ
- Kildin Sami: Петроград
- Kirghiz: Санкт-Петербург
- Komi-Permyak: Петракар
- Komi: Петыркар
- Kongo: Saint Petersburg
- Korean: 레닌그라드
- Korean: 상트페테르부르크
- Korean: 세인트피터즈버그
- Korean: 싼크뜨-뻬쩨르부르그
- Kotava: Sankt Peterburg
- Kurdish: Sankt Petersburg
- Ladin: Leningrad
- Ladin: Petersburg
- Ladin: Petrograd
- Ladin: San Petersburg
- Ladin: San Pietroburgo
- Ladin: Sankt-Peterburg
- Ladin: Sankt Petersburg
- Ladin: St. Petersburg
- Ladino: San Petersburgo
- Lak: Санкт-Петербург
- Lao: San Petersburgo
- Latgalian: Pīterpiļs
- Latin: Cankt-Peterburg
- Latin: Petropolis
- Latvian: Sanktpēterburga
- Lezghian: Санкт-Петербург
- Ligurian: San Peoburgo
- Limburgan: Sint-Petersburg
- Literary Chinese: 聖彼得堡
- Lithuanian (Historic): Petrapilis
- Lithuanian: Sankt Peterburgas
- Livvi: Piiteri
- Lojban: sankt. peterburg
- Lombard: San Pederburgh
- Low German: Sankt Petersborg
- Low German: Sint-Petersborg
- Lower Sorbian: Sankt Petersburg
- Luxembourgish: Leningrad
- Luxembourgish: Petrograd
- Luxembourgish: Sankt Péitersbuerg
- Macedo-Romanian: Saint Petersburg
- Macedonian: Санкт Петербург
- Malay: Saint Petersburg
- Malayalam: സെന്റ് പീറ്റേഴ്സ്ബർഗ്
- Maltese: Leningrad
- Maltese: Petrograd
- Maltese: Saint Petersburg
- Maltese: San Pietruburgu
- Maltese: Sankt-Petersburg
- Maltese: St. Petersburg
- Manx: Caayr Pheddyr
- Maori: Pitapāka
- Marathi: सेंट पीटर्सबर्ग
- Mazanderani: سن پترزبورگ
- Min Dong Chinese: Sankt-Peterburg
- Min Dong Chinese: St. Petersburg
- Min Nan Chinese: Leningrad
- Min Nan Chinese: Petrograd
- Min Nan Chinese: Saint Petersburg
- Min Nan Chinese: St. Petersburg
- Min Nan Chinese: Sèng Peterburg
- Min Nan Chinese: Sèng Petersburg
- Min Nan Chinese: Sèng Pí-tek-pó
- Mingrelian: სანქტ-პეტერბურგი
- Mirandese: San Petersburgo
- Moksha: Иняру-Пятаош
- Mongolian: Санкт-Петербург
- Moroccan Arabic: سان پيطيرسبورڭ
- N'Ko: ߔߋߕߙߏߜ߭ߙߊߘ
- N'Ko: ߛߍ߲ߕ-ߔߌߕߍߛߓߎߙߜ߭
- N'Ko: ߛߍ߲ߕ ߔߌߕߛߑߓߎߙߜ߭
- N'Ko: ߟߋߣߌ߲ߜ߭ߙߊߘ
- Narom: Saint Pétersbourg
- Nauru: St. Petersburg
- Neapolitan: San Pietroburgo
- Nepali: सेन्ट पिटर्सवर्ग
- Nepali: सेन्त पितर्सबर्ग
- Newari: सेन्त पितर्सबर्ग
- Northern Frisian: Sankt Petersburg
- Norwegian: St. Petersburg
- Norwegian Bokmål: Leningrad
- Norwegian Bokmål: Petrograd
- Norwegian Bokmål: St. Petersburg
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Leningrad
- Norwegian Nynorsk: St. Petersburg
- Nyanja: Saint Petersburg
- Occitan (post 1500): Sant Petersborg
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Sanctes Petresburg
- Ossetian: Бетъырбух
- Panjabi: ਸੇਂਟ ਪੀਟਰਸਬਰਗ
- Persian: سنت پترزبورگ
- Persian: سن پترزبورگ
- Picard: Saint-Péterbourg
- Piemontese: San Peroborgh
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Saint Piiterburg
- Polish: Leningrad
- Polish: Petersburg
- Polish: Piotrogród
- Polish: Sankt Petersburg
- Pontic: Αγία Πετρούπολη
- Portuguese: Leninegrado
- Portuguese: Petrogrado
- Portuguese: São Petersburgo
- Portuguese: Санкт-Петербург
- Pushto: سینټ پیټرزبورګ
- Quechua: Sankt Peterburg
- Romanian: Leningrad
- Romanian: Petersburg
- Romanian: Petrograd
- Romanian: Sankt Petersburg
- Romanian: Санкт-Петербург
- Rundi: Saint-Pétersbourg
- Rundi: St. Petersburg
- Russia Buriat: Санкт-Петербург
- Russian (Historic): Ленинград
- Russian (Historic): Петроград
- Russian: Город белых ночей
- Russian: Город на Неве
- Russian: Город трёх революций
- Russian: Град Петров
- Russian: Колыбель революции
- Russian: Культурная столица России
- Russian: Ленинград
- Russian: Окно в Европу
- Russian: Петербург
- Russian: Петра творенье
- Russian: Петроград
- Russian: Петрополь
- Russian: Питер
- Russian: С-Петербург
- Russian: С.Петербург
- Russian: СПб
- Russian: Санкт-Петербург
- Russian: Северная Венеция
- Russian: Северная столица России
- Russian: город Петра
- Rusyn: Санкт-Петербурґ
- Samogitian: Sankt Peterborgs
- Sango: Saint Petersburg
- Santali: ᱥᱮᱱᱴ ᱯᱤᱴᱚᱨᱥᱵᱚᱨᱜᱽ
- Sardinian: San Pietroburgo
- Saterfriesisch: Sänt Päitersbuurich
- Scots: Saunt Petersburg
- Scottish Gaelic: Sankt Peterburg
- Serbian: Лењинград
- Serbian: Петроград
- Serbian: Санкт Петербург
- Serbian: Санкт Петерзбург
- Serbo-Croatian: Sankt Peterburg
- Sicilian: San Pietruburgu
- Silesian: Pejtersburg
- Sindhi: سينٽ پيٽرز برگ
- Sindhi: سينٽ پيٽرسبرگ
- Sindhi: لينن گراڊ
- Sindhi: پيٽرز برگ
- Sindhi: پيٽرزبرگ
- Sindhi: پيٽرسبرگ
- Sindhi: پيٽروگراڊ
- Sinhala: ශාන්ත පීටර්ස්බර්ග්
- Sinhala: සාන්ත පීටර්ස්බර්ග්
- Slovak: Petrohrad
- Slovenian: Leningrad
- Slovenian: Sankt-Peterburg
- Slovenian: Sankt Peterburg
- Somali: Saint Petersburg
- South Azerbaijani: سنت پترزبورق
- Southern Altai: Санкт-Петербург
- Spanish (Historic): Leningrado
- Spanish (Historic): Petrogrado
- Spanish: Leningrado
- Spanish: Petrogrado
- Spanish: San Petersburgo
- Sranan Tongo: Sint-Petersburg
- Swahili: Sankt Peterburg
- Swedish: Leningrad
- Swedish: Petrograd
- Swedish: S:t Petersburg
- Swedish: Sankt Petersburg
- Swedish: St. Petersburg
- Swiss German: Sankt Petersburg
- Tachawit: Sankt Pitersburg
- Tagalog: Lungsod ng Sankt-Peterburg
- Tagalog: San Petersburgo
- Tajik: Санкт-Петербург
- Talysh: Sankt Peterburg
- Talysh: Sankt Peterburq
- Tamil: சென் பீட்டர்சுபெர்கு
- Tamil: செயின்ட் பீட்டர்ஸ்பர்க்
- Tamil: செயின்ட் பீட்டர்ஸ்பேர்க்
- Tamil: ஸெய்ன்ட் பீடர்ஸ்பர்க்
- Tatar: Sankt-Peterburg
- Tatar: Ленинград
- Tatar: Петербург
- Tatar: Петроград
- Tatar: Питер
- Tatar: Питырбур
- Tatar: Санкт-Петербург
- Telugu: సెయింట్ పీటర్స్బర్గ్
- Telugu: సెయింట్ పీటర్స్బర్గ్
- Thai: ซันคต์-เปเตียร์บูร์ก
- Thai: เซนต์ปีเตอร์สเบิร์ก
- Thai: เซนต์ปีเตอส์เบิร์ก
- Thai: เปโตรกราด
- Thai: เลนินกราด
- Tibetan: སན་པི་ཏི་པོག
- Tosk Albanian: Sankt-Petersburg
- Tosk Albanian: Sankt Petersburg
- Tumbuka: Saint Petersburg
- Turkish: Leningrad
- Turkish: Petersburg
- Turkish: Petrograd
- Turkish: Saint Petersburg
- Turkish: Sankt-Peterburg
- Turkish: Sankt Peterburg
- Turkish: St. Petersburg
- Turkmen: Sankt-Peterburg
- Twi: Sankt Peterburg
- Udmurt: Петыркар
- Udmurt: Санкт-Петербург
- Uighur: Lénin'grad
- Uighur: Sankt-Pétérburg
- Ukrainian: Ленінград
- Ukrainian: Петербург
- Ukrainian: Петербурґ
- Ukrainian: Петроград
- Ukrainian: СПб
- Ukrainian: Санкт-Петербург
- Ukrainian: Санкт-Петербурґ
- Ukrainian: Санкт Петербург
- Upper Sorbian: Pětrohród
- Urdu: سینٹ پیٹرز برگ
- Uzbek: Sankt-Peterburg
- Venetian: San Pieroburgo
- Veps: Piter
- Vietnamese: Saint Petersburg
- Vietnamese: Sankt-Peterburg
- Vietnamese: Xanh Pê-téc-bua
- Vlaams: Sint-Petersburg
- Volapük: Sankt-Peterburg
- Võro: Peterburk
- Walloon: Sint Petersbork
- Waray (Philippines): San Petersburgo
- Welsh: St Petersburg
- Western Armenian: Սեն Փեթերսպուրկ
- Western Frisian: Sint-Petersburch
- Western Mari: Санкт-Петербург
- Western Panjabi: سینٹ پیٹرزبرگ
- Wolof: Sankt-Peterburg
- Wu Chinese: 圣皮得斯堡
- Yakut: Санкт-Петербург
- Yiddish: פעטערבורג
- Yoruba: Saint Petersburg
- Yue Chinese: 彼得堡
- Yue Chinese: 聖彼得堡
- Zeeuws: Sint-Petersburg
- Historic: Leningrad
- Historic: Petrograd
- Historic: Petrogrado
- Pitāpaka
- San Pitreburghe
- Sankt Petersburg, Rûsya
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