South Saint Petersburg
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 monotonous and rather ugly Soviet-era apartment blocks.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ирина Смирнова, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chesme Church and SKA Arena.
Chesme Church
Church
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Chesme Church, is a small Russian Orthodox church at 12 Lensoveta Street, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was built by the Russian court architect Yury Felten in 1780, at the direction of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia.
SKA Arena
Stadium
Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
SKA Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 2023, it is the home arena of SKA Saint Petersburg and the Shanghai Dragons of the Kontinental Hockey League.
South Saint Petersburg
- Also known as: “Saint Petersburg/South”
- Location: Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.85999° or 59° 51′ 36″ northLongitude
30.33154° or 30° 19′ 54″ eastOpen location code
9GFGV85J+XJWikidata ID
Q14207876
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Satellite Map
Discover South Saint Petersburg from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Hebrew to Russian—“South Saint Petersburg” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “דרום סנקט פטרבורג”
- Italian: “Periferia meridionale di San Pietroburgo”
- Russian: “Санкт-Петербург/Юг”
- Russian: “Юго-запад”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “South Saint Petersburg”. Photo: Ирина Смирнова, CC BY-SA 3.0.