"Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, tr. Sankt-Peterburg, IPA: [ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk] (listen)) is a city situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on ...
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the Baltic Sea. With 5 million inhabitants in 2012, it is Russia´s second-largest city after Moscow. An important Russian port on the Baltic Sea, it has a status of a federal subject (a federal city).
The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May [O.S. 16 May] 1703, on the site of a captured Swedish fortress. It served as a capital of Russian Tsardom and the subsequent Russian Empire from 1713 to 1918 (being replaced by Moscow for a short period of time between 1728 and 1730). After the October Revolution, the Bolsheviks moved their government to Moscow.[10]" - (en.wikipedia.org 29.01.2020)
- Latitude59.950000762939
- Longitude30.316667556763
- Population5028000
