Visit Saint Petersburg.

Saint Petersburg (also Sankt Peterburg) is one of the biggest towns in the Russia. Petersburg is known over the word as very attractive tourist center. It is Culture, industrial, educational center of Russia.

Saint-Petersburg was founded on May, 27, 1703 by Russian Emperor Peter I (The most known tsar from Romanov's dynasty) with aim to do gateway to Europe for Russia. In 1712 the city became the capital of Russian Empire. Over 200 years Petersburg was capital of Russian Empire and there many famous Russian's (Pushkin, Lermontov, Dostoevsky, Block, Repin, Rimsky-Korsakov) have lived and created. You can see many luxurious palaces, churches, museums in Sant Petersburg now.

The most knows sightseeing's in Petersburg are: Hermitage, Russian Museum, Spas-na-Krovy cathedral, Isaac cathedral , Kazansky cathedral, the Peter and Paul cathedral, Cruiser Aurora e.t.c. Saint-Petersburg is "the city of White Nights". You can walk along the streets and parks of old Saint-Petersburg, sail on rivers and canals of Saint-Petersburg (Petersburg is also called The North Venice), walk along the Neva embankments with granite banks and look at 400 bridges of Saint-Petersburg. Look this site and visit Petersburg.
(For Americans: St.Petersburg is not only in Virginia).

Petersburg is also the centre of Leningrad region (Leningradskaja oblast). Leningrad region and Sankt Petersburg are different administrative formations of the Russian federation. In St. Petersburg there are many higher education institutions. Every year in St. Petersburg come to learn a lot of young people. See the information in our online guide to St. Petersburg. Ask your question about St. Petersburg or Russia in the forum.

Some information about Saint Petersburg.

Population - 4 613 800 (2010)
How to call - +7 812
The area of the city 1439 km 2.
Number of bridges in the city - over 580.