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Russian locations 2008

Sankt-Petersburg •
Санкт-Петербург

Manfred Tinebor
 
Sankt Petersburg

Saint Petersburg (short: SPb, Russian: Санкт-Петербург) is a city of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. It is informally known as Piter (Пи́тер). SPb is the northernmost city of the world with over one million people. SPb is often described as the most Westeuropean city of Russia.
From 1924 to 1991, in honor of Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union, the city was called Leningrad (Ленинград).

Album was created 15 years 10 months ago and modified 7 years 3 months ago
  • Manfred Tinebor
     
    Zarenschloss Peterhof

    Peterhof (Russian: Петерго́ф) is a town in the west of the city of Saint Petersburg on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland.
    In Peterhof is situated a series of palaces and gardens, laid out on the orders of Peter the Great, and sometimes called the "Russian Versailles".

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