Saint Petersburg

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Saint Petersburg {{Audio|Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg|listen}} (Russian: ?????-??????????, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as ????? (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (??????????, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (??????????, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea.

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Russian - English transliteration - 1924 - 1991 - 1914 - Northwestern Russia - Neva - Gulf of Finland - Baltic Sea

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Founded by Tsar Peter the Great in 1703 as a "window to Europe", it served thenceforth as the capital of the country during the imperial period of its history until 1918. With about 4.7 million inhabitants (2002), today it is Russia's second largest city, Europe's fourth largest city, a major European cultural center and the most important Russian Baltic Sea port.

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Tsar - Peter the Great - 1703 - Imperial period - 1918 - 2002 - Russia

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St. Petersburg is the northernmost city in the world with over one million people. The city centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site; the city, which for over 300 years was Russia's political and cultural centre, is impressive even today and to honor it people often call it "the Northern Capital" (???????? ???????, severnaja stolica).

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St. Petersburg is the administrative center of the Leningrad Oblast (while being a separate region) and the Northwestern Federal District (??????-???????? ??????????? ?????, Severo-zapadnyj federal'nyj okrug).

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Leningrad Oblast - Northwestern Federal District

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