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Saint
Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, Sankt-Peterburg,
is a city and a federal subject located in Northwestern Federal District of
Russia on the Neva River at the east end of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic
Sea. St. Petersburg's
informal name, Piter (Питер), is based on how Peter the Great was called by foreigners. The city's
other names were Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924) and Leningrad
(Ленингра́д, 1924–1991)
Founded by Tsar Peter the Great on May 27, 1703 to be his "window to Europe", it was capital of the Russian Empire for
more than two hundred years (1712-1728, 1732-1918). St.
Petersburg ceased being the capital in 1918 after the
Russian Revolution of 1917. It is Russia's
second largest and Europe's third largest city (by city limit) after Moscow and London.
At latitude 59°56′N, Saint Petersburg is the world's largest
city north of Moscow
(55°45′N). 4.6 million people live in the city, and over 6 million people in the
city with its vicinity. Saint Petersburg is a
major European cultural center, and important Russian port on the Baltic Sea. The city, as federal subject, has a total
area of 1439 square km.
St. Petersburg enjoys the image of being the most European city
of Russia.
Among cities of the world with over one million people, Saint Petersburg is the northernmost. The
historic center of St. Petersburg
is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Russia's
political and cultural center for 200 years, the city is impressive, and is
sometimes referred to in Russia
as "the Northern Capital" (северная столица, severnaya stolitsa).
The White
Nights in St. Petersburg
Although the phenomenon known as
the "White Nights" is not unique to St Petersburg, in no other northern city have
they received such poetic and literary acclaim. What could be more romantic
than a walk along the banks of the city’s rivers and canals in almost broad
daylight, no matter what the time of day? No other major European city can
rival this experience nor the atmosphere on the
streets of St. Petersburg
during the summer months – lively, friendly, romantic and bustling with people
throughout the night as well as the day!
From late May to early July the
nights are bright in St Petersburg,
with the brightest period, the White Nights, normally lasting from June 11th
to July 2nd. The White Nights (Beliye Nochi) are a curious phenomenon caused by St.
Petersburg’s very northerly geographical location - at 59 degrees 57'
North (roughly on the same latitude as Oslo, Norway, the southern tip of
Greenland and Seward, Alaska). St.
Petersburg is the world's most northern city with a
population over 1 million, and its stands at such a high latitude that the sun
does not descend below the horizon enough for the sky to grow dark. In fact
night becomes curiously indistinguishable from day, so much so that the
authorities never need to turn the city’s streetlights on!