Saint Petersburg
St. Petersburg, Russia

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Facts about St. Petersburg Russia

Saint Petersburg is in Russia’s Northwest Federal Region, and is the world’s largest northernmost city

Saint Petersburg's coat of arms used from 1730 to 1856 and again since 1991

Previous names:

Petrograd (1914 to 1924)
Leningrad (1924 to 1991)

Colloquial name: Piter (older generations still refer to St. Petersburg as Leningrad)
Founded: May 27, 1703 by Tsar Peter the Great
Capital city: Russia's former capital city from 1712 to 1918
Location: 59°56’ N 30°20’ E on the delta of the River Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea

Flight time:

London to Saint Petersburg is approximately 3 hours

>>Airlines flying to Saint Petersburg, Russia

Altitude: 3 metres (9.8 feet)

Time zone:

Daylight saving hours is observed
Local time in summer = GMT + 4 hours
Local time in winter = GMT + 3 hours

Population: 4.8 million
Predominant Religion in St. Petersburg: Russian Othodox
Governor of Saint Petersburg: Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko
Territory: 1400 sq. km (540 sq. miles)

World Heritage:

In 1990 the historic centre of Saint Petersburg entered UNESCO

Main thoroughfare: Nevsky Prospect
Dialing code: +7 812 (phone St. Petersburg)
Internet code: .ru ; .spb.ru (specific to St. Petersburg)

Russian chocolate:

Russian chocolate was first mass produced in Saint Petersburg in 1848

Football (soccer) team: Zenit Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg Zenit FC logo