saint petersburg

     

Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг (help·info), tr.: Sankt-Peterburg, Russian pronunciation: [sankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk]) is a city an a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city's other names were Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924) and Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991). It is informally known as Piter (Пи́тер).

Trivia about saint petersburg

  • Situated on the delta of the Neva River, it's Russia's largest port
  • In 1801, Tsar Paul I brought Charles Didelot, the man who introduced flesh-colored tights, to this city as Ballet Master

Found pages about saint petersburg

Users that searched for saint petersburg