Outline of Saint Petersburg

Overview of and topical guide to Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg – second-largest city in Russia. An important Russian port on the Baltic Sea, it has the status of a federal subject (a federal city). Its name was changed to "Petrograd" in 1914, then to "Leningrad" in 1924, and back to Saint Petersburg in 1991.

General reference

Pronunciation: (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, tr. Sankt-Peterburg, IPA: [ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk] ^ⓘ);^[1]
Common English name(s): Saint Petersburg
Official English name(s): Saint Petersburg
Adjectival(s): Saint Petersburgian
Demonym(s): Saint Petersburgian, (Saint) Petersburger

Geography of Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is:
- a city
- a federal city
Population of Saint Petersburg: 5,323,300
Area of Saint Petersburg: 1,439 km² (556 sq mi)
Atlas of Saint Petersburg

Place

Saint Petersburg Санкт-Петербург
59°57′N 30°18′E / 59.950°N 30.300°E / 59.950; 30.300

Location of Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is situated within the following regions:
- Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
  - Eurasia
    - Europe (outline)
      - Eastern Europe
        Russia (outline)
        Northwestern Federal District
Time zone(s): Moscow Time (UTC+03)

Cultural and exhibition centers in Saint Petersburg

Forts of Saint Petersburg

Fort Alexander
Peter and Paul Fortress

Monuments and memorials in Saint Petersburg

Alexander Column
Bronze Horseman
Chesme Column
Column of Glory
Green Belt of Glory
Leningrad Hero City Obelisk
Monument to Nicholas I
Monument to Peter I (Peter and Paul Fortress)
Monument to Peter I (St. Michael's Castle)
Rimsky-Korsakov Monument

Museums and art galleries in Saint Petersburg

Museums in Saint Petersburg

Arctic and Antarctic Museum
ARKA Gallery
Central Naval Museum
Dmitry Mendeleev's Memorial Museum Apartment
Dostoyevsky Museum
Erarta
- Erarta Galleries
Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg
Grand Maket Rossiya
Hermitage Museum
- Hermitage cats
Kunstkamera
Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps
Museum of Electrical Transport
Museum of Political History of Russia
Museum of Russian Submarine Forces
National Pushkin Museum
Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment and Museum
Russian cruiser Aurora
Russian Museum
- Cabin of Peter the Great
- Collections of the Russian Museum
- Russian Museum of Ethnography
Russian Museum of Military Medicine
Russian Railway Museum
Saint Petersburg Toy Museum
State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg
Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts
Suvorov Museum
V.V. Dokuchaev Central Museum of Soil
Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Palaces and villas in Saint Petersburg

Parks and gardens in Saint Petersburg

Public squares in Saint Petersburg

Public squares in Saint Petersburg

Religious buildings in Saint Petersburg

Alexander Nevsky Lavra
- Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra
Ascension Cathedral
Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Chesme Church
Church of St. Catherine
Church of the Epiphany
Church of the Savior on Blood
Coastal Monastery of Saint Sergius
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saint Mary
Gothic Chapel
Ioannovsky Convent
Kazan Cathedral
Kronstadt Naval Cathedral
Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Old Trinity Cathedral
Sacred Heart Church
Saint Andrew's Cathedral
Saint Catherine's Armenian Church
Saint Isaac's Cathedral
Saint Sampson's Cathedral
Saviour Church on Sennaya Square
Smolny Convent
St. John the Baptist Church
St. John's Church
St. Julian's Church
St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral
St. Stanislaus Church
St. Vladimir's Cathedral
Transfiguration Cathedral
Trinity Cathedral
Vladimirskaya Church

Secular buildings in Saint Petersburg

Buildings and structures in Saint Petersburg

Admiralty building
Ciniselli Circus
Eliseyev Emporium
Esders and Scheefhaals building
General Staff Building
House of Soviets
Imperial Academy of Arts
Kotomin House
Lakhta Center
Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences
National Library of Russia
Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange and Rostral Columns
Pulkovo Observatory
Pushkin House
Saint Petersburg City Duma
Saint Petersburg Commodity and Stock Exchange
Saint Petersburg Mint
Singer House
Smolny Institute
Tolstoy House
Twelve Collegia
Utkina Dacha
Wawelberg Bank building

Streets in Saint Petersburg

Theatres in Saint Petersburg

Theatres in Saint Petersburg

Towers in Saint Petersburg

Triumphal arches in Saint Petersburg

Demographics of Saint Petersburg

Government and politics of Saint Petersburg

Politics of Saint Petersburg

Law and order in Saint Petersburg

Military in Saint Petersburg

Western Military District

History of Saint Petersburg

History of Saint Petersburg, by period or event

Timeline of Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg during the Imperial Era (1703–1917)
- Founding of Saint Petersburg (1703) – Tsar Peter the Great founded the city on 27 May 1703 after he reconquered the Ingrian land from Sweden, in the Great Northern War. Upon the city's founding, he named the city after his patron saint, the apostle Saint Peter.
- Peter moved the capital from Moscow to Saint Petersburg in 1712.
- After the death of Peter the Great in 1725, Peter II of Russia moved his seat back to Moscow, but in 1732 Saint Petersburg became capital of the Russian Empire for more than two hundred years.
- The Revolution of 1905 began in Saint Petersburg and spread rapidly into the provinces.
- On 1 September 1914, after the outbreak of World War I, the Imperial government renamed the city Petrograd.
Saint Petersburg during the Revolution and Soviet Era (1917–1941)
- In March 1917, during the February Revolution, Nicholas II abdicated.
- On 7 November 1917, the Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin stormed the Winter Palace in an event known thereafter as the October Revolution. Lenin moved his government to Moscow on 5 March 1918.
- On 26 January 1924, five days after Lenin's death, Petrograd was renamed Leningrad.
Saint Petersburg during World War II (1941–1945)
- Siege of Leningrad (1941–1944)
Saint Petersburg during the Soviet Era (1945–1991)
- Leningrad affair (1949–1952) – Stalin had leaders and heroes of the city framed and executed, imprisoned, or exiled to Siberia, due to their popularity, including the mayor.
Contemporary Era (1991–present)
- On 12 June 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, in a referendum 54% of voters chose to restore "the original name, Saint Petersburg". Original names returned to many streets, bridges, Metro stations and parks.

History of Saint Petersburg, by subject

Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1723)
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1762)
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1805)
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1812)
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1825)
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1834)
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875)
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881)

Culture of Saint Petersburg

Culture of Saint Petersburg

Arts in Saint Petersburg

Architecture of Saint Petersburg

Art Nouveau architecture in Saint Petersburg
- Singer House
Baroque architecture in Saint Petersburg
- Smolny Convent
- Vorontsov Palace
Fences in Saint Petersburg
Gothic Revival architecture in Saint Petersburg
- Gothic Chapel
Greek Revival architecture in Saint Petersburg
- Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange
Neoclassical architecture in Saint Petersburg
- Alexander Palace
- General Staff Building
- Trinity Cathedral
Palladian architecture in Saint Petersburg
- Smolny Institute
Petrine Baroque in Saint Petersburg
- Menshikov Palace
- Twelve Collegia
- Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral

Cinema of Saint Petersburg

Literature of Saint Petersburg

Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Crime and Punishment
- The Double
Nikolai Gogol
- The Nose
Aleksandr Pushkin
Ivan Turgenev
National Library of Russia

Music and ballet of Saint Petersburg

Ballet of Saint Petersburg
- Mariinsky Ballet
  - Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet
- St Petersburg Ballet Theatre

Music of Saint Petersburg
- Music schools in Saint Petersburg
  - Saint Petersburg Conservatory
- Music venues in Saint Petersburg
- Musical compositions dedicated to Saint Petersburg
  - Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich)
- Musical ensembles in Saint Petersburg
- Musicians from Saint Petersburg
  - Alexander Borodin
  - Victor Ewald
  - Alexander Glazunov
  - Alexander Serov
  - Dmitri Shostakovich
  - Igor Stravinsky
  - The Five

Theatre of Saint Petersburg

Visual arts of Saint Petersburg

Events in Saint Petersburg

White Nights Festival
- Festival of Festivals
- Scarlet Sails
- White Nights International Marathon

Languages of Saint Petersburg

Media in Saint Petersburg

Newspapers in Saint Petersburg
- The St. Petersburg Times
Radio and television in Saint Petersburg
- Television and radio stations in Saint Petersburg

People from Saint Petersburg

List of people from Saint Petersburg

Religion in Saint Petersburg

Religion in Saint Petersburg

Catholicism in Saint Petersburg
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Petersburg
  - Church of St. Catherine
Eastern Orthodoxy in Saint Petersburg
- Transfiguration Cathedral
Russian Orthodoxy in Saint Petersburg
- Russian Orthodox Church
Buddhism in Saint Petersburg
- Datsan Gunzechoinei
Islam in Saint Petersburg
- Saint Petersburg Mosque
Judaism in Saint Petersburg
- Grand Choral Synagogue

Sports in Saint Petersburg

Sport in Saint Petersburg

Basketball in Saint Petersburg
- BC Spartak Saint Petersburg
- B.C. Zenit Saint Petersburg
Football in Saint Petersburg
- Association football in Saint Petersburg
  - FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg
  - FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
- Saint Petersburg derby
Ice hockey in Saint Petersburg
- HC Dinamo Saint Petersburg
- SKA Saint Petersburg
Sports competitions in Saint Petersburg
- 2006–07 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
- Leningrad City Chess Championship
- St. Petersburg Open
- White Nights Marathon
Sports venues in Saint Petersburg
- Ice Palace
- Krestovsky Stadium
- Petrovsky Stadium
- Saint Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex
- Yubileyny Sports Palace

Economy and infrastructure of Saint Petersburg

Economy of Saint Petersburg

Financial services in Saint Petersburg
- Bank Saint Petersburg
- Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange
Hotels in Saint Petersburg
- Angleterre Hotel
- Corinthia Hotel St. Petersburg
- Grand Hotel Europe
- Hotel Astoria
- Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace
- Oktyabrskaya Hotel
- Saint Petersburg
Restaurants and cafés in Saint Petersburg
- Literaturnoye Kafe
Shipbuilding industry
- Admiralty Shipyard
- Almaz Shipbuilding Company
Shopping malls and markets in Saint Petersburg
- Shopping malls in Saint Petersburg
  - DLT
  - Galeria
  - Great Gostiny Dvor
  - Passage
Tourism in Saint Petersburg
- Landmarks of Saint Petersburg

Transportation in Saint Petersburg

Transportation in Saint Petersburg

Public transport in Saint Petersburg
- Public transport operators in Saint Petersburg
Air transport in Saint Petersburg
- Airports in Saint Petersburg
  - Pulkovo Airport
Maritime transport in Saint Petersburg
- Ports and harbours in Saint Petersburg
  - Big port Saint Petersburg
  - Passenger Port of St. Petersburg
- Shipping lines serving Saint Petersburg
  - Baltic Sea Shipping Company
Road transport in Saint Petersburg