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, the fourth most populous city in Europe, the world's northernmost city of at least a million residents, and the former capital of the Russian Empire.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Center and North Saint Petersburg.

The of Saint Petersburg is the area of main interest to the traveler, home to most attractions of the metropolis. It's bounded by the Neva river and the Obvodny Canal, on a set of islands formed by numerous rivers and channels.

The Northern Part of St. Petersburg is the area north of the Bolshaya Nevka river, which is its boundary with the to the south. There are some moderately notable landmarks scattered across it, such as the Academy of Forestry with its park…

The Southern suburbs of St. Petersburg are the area south of the Obvodny Canal. Although unknown to most visitors, the area boasts gorgeous industrial architecture and magnificent Stalinist buildings, together with later highrises or Soviet-era panel apartment blocks.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Vasilievsky Island and Right Bank.

is an island in Saint Petersburg situated between the Bolshaya Neva and the Malaya Neva, two main distributaries of the river. The population of the district, including the adjacent to Dekabristov Island, separated by the Smolenka river, and smaller islets, is approximately 215,000 people.

The corresponds to the urban area of Saint Petersburg east of the River Neva and the . It's hardly visited by tourists, but has its share of hidden charms.

The is a borough in Saint Petersburg consisting of the islands of the northern part of the Neva delta. Mostly residential, it is also home to several smaller universities, stadiums of FC Zenit and the tallest structure of the city, a 326-m-high TV tower.

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood and National Library of Russia.

Museum
The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is a Russian Orthodox church in Saint Petersburg, which currently functions as a secular museum and church at the same time.

Library
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The , located in Saint Petersburg, is the oldest of Russia's three national public libraries. The NLR is currently ranked among the world's major libraries.

The Bronze Horseman is an of in the in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was opened to the public on 18 August 1782.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peter and Paul Fortress and Apraksin Dvor.

Neighborhood
The 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.

Suburb
Photo: Ninara, CC BY 2.0.
Apraksin Yard is a market and retail block in Saint Petersburg, , covering 14 hectares. It is currently under a massive long-term renovation project.

Suburb
'The Side is the traditional name of the northern and northeastern part of Saint Petersburg, on the right-hand bank of the city's main waterway Neva and its first right-hand arm the Bolshaya Nevka.

Saint Petersburg

Latitude
59.9387° or 59° 56′ 19″ north
Longitude
30.3162° or 30° 18′ 58″ east
Population
5,600,000
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Inception
1703
Named after
Saint Peter
IATA airport code
LED
United Nations Location Code
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Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
498817
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zeeuws—“Saint Petersburg” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: Санкт-Петербург
  • Adyghe: Бытырбыф къалэ
  • Adyghe: Санкт-Петербург
  • Afrikaans: Sint Petersburg
  • Albanian: Shën Petersburgu
  • Amharic: ሳንክት ፔቴርቡርግ
  • Angika: संत पीटर्सबर्ग
  • 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
  • Assamese: চেণ্ট পিটাৰছবাৰ্গ
  • Assamese: ছেইণ্ট পিটাৰ্ছবাৰ্গ
  • Assamese: পিটাৰ্ছবাৰ্গ
  • Assamese: পেট্ৰ’গ্ৰেড
  • Assamese: লেনিনগ্ৰেড
  • Asturian: Leningráu
  • Asturian: San Petersburgu
  • 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: Санкт-Пецярбург
  • Belarusian: СПб
  • Bengali: সেন্ট পিটার্সবার্গ
  • Betawi: Sint-Piterbereh
  • 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: Lenjingrad” (historical)
  • Croatian: Petrograd” (historical)
  • Croatian: Sankt Peterburg
  • Croatian: Sankt-Peterburg
  • Czech: Leningrad
  • Czech: Petrohrad
  • Czech: Sankt-Petěrburg
  • Dagbani: St. Petersburg
  • Danish: Leningrad
  • Danish: Petrograd
  • Danish: Sankt Petersborg
  • Danish: Sankt-Peterburg
  • 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
  • Erzya: Ине-Петрань ош
  • Esperanto: Leningrado” (historical)
  • Esperanto: Peterburgo
  • Esperanto: Petrogrado
  • Esperanto: Sankt-Peterburgo
  • Estonian: Peterburi
  • Extremaduran: San Petersburgu
  • Faroese: St. Pætursborg
  • Fiji Hindi: Saint Petersburg
  • Fijian: Yalododonu Petersburg
  • Finnish: Leningrad” (historical)
  • 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
  • Georgian: სანკტ-პეტერბურგი
  • Georgian: სანქტ-პეტერბურგი
  • German: Sankt Petersburg
  • German: St. Petersburg
  • German: Leningrad” (historical)
  • German: Petrograd” (historical)
  • 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: Sankt-Peterburg
  • Hakka Chinese: Sṳn Pí-tet-páu
  • Hausa: Saint-Petersburg
  • Hawaiian: Sana Peteroboro
  • Hebrew: לנינגרד
  • Hebrew: סנט פטרבורג
  • Hebrew: סנקט פטרבורג
  • Hindi: संत पीटरबर्ग
  • Hindi: सेंट पीटर्सबर्ग
  • Hungarian: A paloták városa
  • Hungarian: Észak fővárosa
  • Hungarian: Észak Velencéje
  • Hungarian: Leningrád
  • Hungarian: Petrográd
  • Hungarian: Szentpétervár
  • Icelandic: Pétursborg
  • Icelandic: Sankti Pétursborg
  • Icelandic: St. Pétursborg
  • Ido: Sankt-Peterburg
  • Ido: Santa Peterburg
  • Ido: St Peterburg
  • Iloko: San Petersburgo
  • Inari Sami: Piättâr
  • Inari Sami: Pietari
  • Indonesian: Saint Petersburg
  • Indonesian: Sankt-Peterburg
  • Indonesian: St. Petersburg
  • Ingush: Санкт-Петербург
  • Interlingua: Sancte Petroburgo
  • Interlingue: Sant Petersburg
  • 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・ペテルブルグ
  • Japanese: サンクトペテルブルク
  • Japanese: サンクトペテルブルク市
  • 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: レーニングラード
  • Japanese: レニングラート
  • Japanese: レニングラード
  • 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
  • Kara-Kalpak: Sankt-Peterburg
  • Karachay-Balkar: Санкт-Петербург
  • Karelian: Piiteri
  • Kashubian: Piotrogard
  • Kazakh: Ленинград қаласы
  • Kazakh: Питер
  • Kazakh: Санкт-Петербург қаласы
  • Kazakh: Санкт-Петербург
  • 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
  • Korean: 페테르부르크
  • Korean: 페트로그라드
  • Kotava: Sankt Peterburg
  • Kurdish: Sankt Petersburg, Rûsya
  • Kurdish: Sankt Petersburg
  • Ladin: Leningrad
  • Ladin: Petersburg
  • Ladin: Petrograd
  • Ladin: San Petersburg
  • Ladin: San Pietroburgo
  • Ladin: Sankt Petersburg
  • Ladin: Sankt-Peterburg
  • Ladin: St. Petersburg
  • Ladino: San Petersburgo
  • Lak: Санкт-Петербург
  • Lao: ເຊນປີເຕີສເບີກ
  • 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: Petrapilis” (historical)
  • 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
  • Malagasy: Saint Petersburg
  • 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
  • Maori: Pitāpaka
  • 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: Sèng Peterburg
  • Min Nan Chinese: Sèng Petersburg
  • Min Nan Chinese: Sèng Pí-tek-pó
  • Min Nan Chinese: St. Petersburg
  • Mingrelian: სანქტ-პეტერბურგი
  • Mirandese: San Petersburgo
  • Moksha: Иняру-Пятаош
  • Mongolian: Санкт-Петербург
  • Moroccan Arabic: سان پيطيرسبورڭ
  • N'Ko: ߔߋߕߙߏߜ߭ߙߊߘ
  • N'Ko: ߛߍ߲ߕ ߔߌߕߛߑߓߎߙߜ߭
  • N'Ko: ߛߍ߲ߕ-ߔߌߕߍߛߓߎߙߜ߭
  • N'Ko: ߟߋߣߌ߲ߜ߭ߙߊߘ
  • Narom: Saint Pétersbourg
  • Nauru: St. Petersburg
  • Neapolitan: San Pietroburgo
  • Nepali: सेन्ट पिटर्सवर्ग
  • Newari: सेन्त पितर्सबर्ग
  • Northern Frisian: Sankt Petersburg
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Leningrad
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Petrograd
  • Norwegian Bokmål: St. Petersburg
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Leningrad
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: St. Petersburg
  • Norwegian: St. Petersburg
  • Nyanja: Saint Petersburg
  • Occitan (post 1500): Sant Petersborg
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Sanctes Petresburg
  • Ossetian: Бетъырбух
  • Panjabi: ਸੇਂਟ ਪੀਟਰਸਬਰਗ
  • Persian: سن پترزبورگ
  • Persian: سن پطرسبورغ
  • Persian: سنت 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: Leningrado
  • Portuguese: Petrogrado
  • Portuguese: São Petersburgo
  • Portuguese: Санкт-Петербург
  • Pushto: سینټ پیټرزبورګ
  • Quechua: Sankt Peterburg
  • Romanian: Leningrad
  • Romanian: Petersburg
  • Romanian: Petrograd
  • Romanian: Sankt Petersburg
  • Romanian: St Petersburg
  • Romanian: Санкт-Петербург
  • Rundi: Saint-Pétersbourg
  • Rundi: St. Petersburg
  • Russia Buriat: Санкт-Петербург
  • Russian: Город белых ночей
  • Russian: Город на Неве
  • Russian: город Петра
  • Russian: Город трёх революций
  • Russian: Град Петров
  • Russian: Колыбель революции
  • Russian: Культурная столица России
  • Russian: Ленинград” (historical)
  • Russian: Окно в Европу
  • Russian: Петербург
  • Russian: Петра творенье
  • Russian: Петроград” (historical)
  • Russian: Петрополь
  • Russian: Питер
  • Russian: С-Петербург
  • Russian: С.Петербург
  • Russian: Санкт-Петербург
  • Russian: Северная Венеция
  • Russian: Северная столица России
  • Russian: СПб
  • 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: پيٽرز برگ
  • Sindhi: پيٽرزبرگ
  • Sindhi: پيٽرسبرگ
  • Sindhi: پيٽروگراڊ
  • Sindhi: سينٽ پيٽرز برگ
  • Sindhi: سينٽ پيٽرسبرگ
  • Sindhi: لينن گراڊ
  • 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: San Petersburgo
  • Spanish: Leningrado” (historical)
  • Spanish: Petrogrado” (historical)
  • 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
  • Tachelhit: Sanbitrsburg
  • Tagalog: Lungsod ng Sankt-Peterburg
  • Tagalog: San Petersburgo
  • Tajik: Санкт-Петербург
  • Talysh: Sankt-Peterburg
  • Tamil: செயின்ட் பீட்டர்ஸ்பர்க்
  • Tamil: செயின்ட் பீட்டர்ஸ்பேர்க்
  • Tamil: சென் பீட்டர்சுபெர்கு
  • 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: Saint Petersburg
  • Twi: Sankt Peterburg
  • Udmurt: Петыркар
  • Udmurt: Санкт-Петербург
  • Uighur: Lénin’grad
  • Uighur: Sankt-Pétérburg
  • Ukrainian: Ленінград
  • Ukrainian: Петербург
  • Ukrainian: Петербурґ
  • Ukrainian: Петроград
  • Ukrainian: Санкт Петербург
  • Ukrainian: Санкт-Петербург
  • Ukrainian: Санкт-Петербурґ
  • Ukrainian: СПб
  • Upper Sorbian: Pětrohród
  • Urdu: سینٹ پیٹرز برگ
  • Uzbek: Sankt-Peterburg
  • Venetian: San Pieroburgo
  • Veps: Piter
  • Vietnamese: Saint Petersburg
  • Vietnamese: Sankt 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: 圣彼得堡
  • 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
  • ma San Pisipu
  • Peterburk
  • San Pitreburghe
  • Sankt Peterborgs
  • Sankt Peterburg
  • Санкт-Петербург
  • सेंट पीटर्सबर्ग

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