Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences

The Russian Academy of Sciences consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation; and additional scientific and social units such as libraries, publishing units, and hospitals.
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  • Type: University
  • Description: historical academy (1724–1917)
  • Also known as: Imperial Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences”, “St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences”, “The Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences”, “The St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences”, and “Санкт-Петербургский научный центр Российской академии наук
  • Address: Университетская набережная 5, Санкт-Петербург
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Peter the Great and Menshikov Palace.

The Bronze Horseman is an of in the in , Russia. It was opened to the public on 18 August 1782. is situated 500 metres south of Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences.

Museum
The is a Petrine Baroque edifice in , situated on Universitetskaya Embankment of the Bolshaya Neva on . is situated 450 metres southwest of Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint Petersburg and Peter and Paul Fortress.

, 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.

Neighborhood
The is the original citadel of , Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress.

Suburb
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Apraksin Yard is a market and retail block in , , covering 14 hectares. It is currently under a massive long-term renovation project.

Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences

Latitude
59.94087° or 59° 56′ 27″ north
Longitude
30.30289° or 30° 18′ 10″ east
Levels
2
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أكاديمية سانت بطرسبرغ للعلوم
  • Armenian: Սանկտ Պետերբուրգի գիտությունների ակադեմիա
  • Asturian: Academia de Ciencies de San Petersburgu
  • Azerbaijani: Peterburq Elmlər Akademiyası
  • Bashkir: Санкт-Петербург фәндәр академияһы
  • Basque: Errusiako Zientzien Akademia
  • Basque: San Petersburgoko Zientzien Akademia
  • Belarusian: Імператарская Санкт-Пецярбургская акадэмія навук
  • Belarusian: Пецярбургская акадэмія навук
  • Belarusian: Пецярбурская акадэмія навук
  • Bulgarian: Руска академия на науките
  • Catalan: Acadèmia de Ciències de Rússia
  • Catalan: Acadèmia de Ciències de Sant Petersburg
  • Chechen: Петарбухан Ӏилманан академи
  • Chinese: 彼得堡科學院
  • Cornish: Akademi Godhonieth Sen Petersburg
  • Czech: Petrohradská akademie věd
  • Danish: Sankt Petersborgs Akademi for Videnskab
  • Dutch: Petersburgse Academie der Wetenschappen
  • Dutch: Russische Academie van Wetenschappen
  • Dutch: Sint-Petersburg Academie van Wetenschappen
  • Egyptian Arabic: اكاديمية سانت بطرسبورج للعلوم
  • Esperanto: Peterburga Akademio de Sciencoj
  • Estonian: Keiserlik Peterburi Teaduste Akadeemia
  • Estonian: Keiserlik Teaduste Akadeemia
  • Estonian: Keiserlik Teaduste ja Kunstide Akadeemia
  • Estonian: Keiserlik Venemaa Teaduste Akadeemia
  • Estonian: Peterburi TA
  • Estonian: Peterburi Teaduste Akadeemia
  • Estonian: Teaduste ja Kunstide Akadeemia
  • Finnish: Pietarin tiedeakatemia
  • French: Académie des sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg
  • French: Académie des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg
  • Galician: Academia das Ciencias de San Petersburgo
  • Georgian: პეტერბურგის მეცნიერებათა აკადემია
  • German: Kaiserlich-Russische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • German: Petersburger Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • German: Russische Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • German: Sankt Petersburger Akademie der Wissenschaften
  • Greek: Ακαδημία Επιστημών της Αγίας Πετρούπολης
  • Hebrew: האקדמיה הרוסית למדעים של סנקט פטרסבורג
  • Hungarian: Szentpétervári Tudományos Akadémia
  • Irish: Acadamh Eolaíochtaí Saint Petersburg
  • Italian: Accademia delle scienze di San Pietroburgo
  • Italian: Accademia delle Scienze di San Pietroburgo
  • Italian: Accademia Imperiale delle scienze
  • Japanese: サンクトベテルブルク科学アカデミー
  • Japanese: ペテルブルク科学アカデミー
  • Japanese: ペテルブルグ科学アカデミー
  • Karachay-Balkar: Петербург илмула академия
  • Kurdish: Akademiya Zanistî ya Sankt Petersburgê
  • Latin: Academia Scientiarum Petropolitana
  • Latvian: Pēterburgas Zinātņu akadēmija
  • Luxembourgish: Sankt Petersbuerger Akademie vun de Wëssenschaften
  • Macedonian: Петербуршка академија на науките
  • Maltese: Akkademja tax-Xjenzi ta‘ San Pietruburgu
  • Mongolian: Петербургийн Шинжлэх ухааны Академи
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vitenskapsakademiet i St. Petersburg
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Det russiske vitskapsakademiet
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: St. Petersburg vitskapsakademi
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Vitskapsakademiet i St. Petersburg
  • Ossetian: Бетъырбухы зонæдты академи
  • Polish: Rosyjska Akademia Nauk
  • Portuguese: Academia de Ciências de São Petersburgo
  • Portuguese: Academia Russa de Ciências
  • Romanian: Academia de Științe din Sankt Petersburg
  • Russian: Академия наук и художеств в Санкт-Петербурге
  • Russian: Академия наук и художеств
  • Russian: Академия наук Императорская
  • Russian: Императорская академия наук
  • Russian: Императорская Академия Наук
  • Russian: Императорская Санкт-Петербургская Академия Наук
  • Russian: Петербургская академия наук
  • Russian: Петербургская АН
  • Russian: Российская Императорская Академия наук
  • Russian: Санкт-Петербургская академия наук
  • Russian: Санкт-Петербургская Академия наук
  • Russian: СПб АН
  • Russian: СПбАН
  • Scottish Gaelic: Acadamh Ruiseanach nan Saidheansan
  • Serbian: Петербуршка академија наука
  • Slovenian: Sanktpeterburška akademija znanosti
  • Spanish: Academia de ciencia de San Petersburgo
  • Spanish: Academia de Ciencias de Rusia
  • Spanish: Academia de Ciencias de San Petersburgo
  • Swedish: Sankt Petersburgs vetenskapsakademi
  • Tamil: ரஷ்சிய அறிவியல் கழகங்கள்
  • Tatar: Санкт-Петербург фәннәр академиясе
  • Ukrainian: Петербурзька академія наук
  • Upper Sorbian: Pětrohródska akademija wědomosćow
  • Urdu: رشیں اکیدمی آف سائنس
  • Urdu: روس کی اکادمی برائے سائنس
  • Vietnamese: Viện Hàn lâm Khoa học Sankt-Peterburg
  • Welsh: Academi Gwyddoniaethau Rwsia
  • Western Armenian: Փեթերսպուրկի Գիտութիւններու Ակադեմիա

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