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Wikipedia: Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city's other names were Petrograd and Leningrad. It is often called just Petersburg and is informally known as Piter.
![[A picture of Saint Petersburg]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/St_Petersburg_panorama_s.jpg "A picture of Saint Petersburg"){kind=small}
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![[[[Anatoli Nenartovich]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Nenartovich_Anatoly_Winter_ship_camp_spb16bw_s.jpg "[[Anatoli Nenartovich")
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![[A picture of Saint Petersburg]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Panorama_of_Saint_Petersburg_from_Palace_Bridge_s.jpg "A picture of Saint Petersburg"){kind=small}
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![[The Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange, or Bourse, houses the Central Naval Museum]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Lighthouse_St_Pg_s.jpg "The Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange, or Bourse, houses the Central Naval Museum")
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![[[[Victor Teterin]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Teterin_Victor_Sredne_Podjacheskaya_street_tet36bw_s.jpg "[[Victor Teterin")
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![[Hydrofoil docking in St.Petersburg upon arrival from Peterhof Palace (2008).]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/St_Petersburg_Russia_Hydrofoil_boat_s.jpg "Hydrofoil docking in St.Petersburg upon arrival from Peterhof Palace (2008).")
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![[Saint Petersburg, Yachts on Neva river]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Neva_03_s.jpg "Saint Petersburg, Yachts on Neva river")
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from Kor!An |
![[The Big Obukhovsky Bridge is a constituent part of the Saint Petersburg Ring Road]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/_D0_A1_D0_B5_D0_B2_D0_B5_D1_80_D0_A0_D0_BE_D1_81_D1_81_D0_B8_D0_B8_28122_29_s.jpg "The Big Obukhovsky Bridge is a constituent part of the Saint Petersburg Ring Road")
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![[Saint Petersburg State University]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/VO_Universitet_12_Kollegiy_02_03_2008_s.jpg "Saint Petersburg State University")
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![[The golden-domed Saint Isaac's Cathedral dominates the city skyline]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Petersburg_Nikolskiy_from_Sowjetskaja_Hotel_s.jpg "The golden-domed Saint Isaac's Cathedral dominates the city skyline")
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![[FC Zenit's home Petrovsky stadium]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Zenit_fans_Petrovsky_s.jpg "FC Zenit's home Petrovsky stadium")
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from Аурелиано Буэндиа |
![[View from the Colonnade, St Isaac's Cathedral, St Petersburg]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/View_on_St_Petersburg_2C_Russia_s.jpg "View from the Colonnade, St Isaac's Cathedral, St Petersburg")
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![[Palace Square, as the main square of the Russian Empire it was the setting of many events of great historical...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Palace_Square_2C_Saint_Petersburg_2C_Russia_s.jpg "Palace Square, as the main square of the Russian Empire it was the setting of many events of great historical...")
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from yasmapaz & ace_heart |
![[Obelisk, Vosstaniya Square]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Obelisk_Vosstaniya_Square_s.jpg "Obelisk, Vosstaniya Square")
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![[The Alexander Theater, Saint Petersburg.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Alexandrinsky_theatre_8_2_s.jpg "The Alexander Theater, Saint Petersburg.")
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from Владимир_турчанинов |
from Yair-haklai |
![[Smolny Institute, the seat of the governor.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sankt_Petersburg_Regierungssitz_Smolny_s.jpg "Smolny Institute, the seat of the governor.")
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![[Griboyedov Canal]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Griboyedov_Canal_2_s.jpg "Griboyedov Canal")
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from Geevee |
![[Moskovsky Rail Terminal]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sankt_Pet_C4_9Brburg_2C_Moskevsk_C3_A9_n_C3_A1dra_C5_BE_C3_AD_s.jpg "Moskovsky Rail Terminal")
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![[Kazan Cathedral]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kazansky_s_2_s.jpg "Kazan Cathedral")
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from Mkrtchyan Karen |
![[The Mariinsky Palace, seat of the city assembly.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mariinsky_Palace_01__2_s.jpg "The Mariinsky Palace, seat of the city assembly.")
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![[The Trinity Bridge over the Neva]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Neva_sunset_2_s.jpg "The Trinity Bridge over the Neva")
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from Kor!An |
from Tungsten |
![[The decoration of Saint Petersburg Metro (Kirovsky Zavod Station).]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ST_Petersburg_Metro_Kirovsky_Zvod_s.jpg "The decoration of Saint Petersburg Metro (Kirovsky Zavod Station).")
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![[The Grand Cascade at Petrhof.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/The_Grand_Cascade_Peterhof_s.jpg "The Grand Cascade at Petrhof.")
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from MatthiasKabel |
from GrahamColm |
![[Saint Isaac's Cathedral]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/SPB_Izaakkathedraal_s.jpg "Saint Isaac's Cathedral")
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![[Pulkovo International Airport.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Pulkovo_airport_s.jpg "Pulkovo International Airport.")
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from Paul Hermans |
from Russavia |
![[The Kresty prison.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kresty_s.jpg "The Kresty prison.")
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![[The Russian Museum.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Russian_museam_s.jpg "The Russian Museum.")
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from Vladimir Volokhonsky |
from CanopusPuppet |
![[Clockwise from top left: Saint Isaac's Cathedral rises over the city, Peter and Paul Fortress on Zayachy Island,...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Spb_collage_s.jpg "Clockwise from top left: Saint Isaac's Cathedral rises over the city, Peter and Paul Fortress on Zayachy Island,...")
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![[Lenin statue outside the Finland station]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Lenin_in_front_of_Finland_Station_s.jpg "Lenin statue outside the Finland station")
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from Pipian |
![[Museum of Water]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/_D0_92_D0_BE_D0_B4_D0_BE_D0_BD_D0_B0_D0_BF_D0_BE_D1_80_D0_BD_D0_B0_D1_8F_D0_B1_D0_B0_D1_88_D0_BD_D1_8F_s.jpg "Museum of Water")
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![[The Tauride Garden]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Tauride_garden_28Spb_29_Bridge_lake_obelisk_s.jpg "The Tauride Garden")
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from George Shuklin |
from AKA MBG |
![[Church of the Savior on Blood.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/St_Petersburg_church_s.jpg "Church of the Savior on Blood.")
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![[Map of Saint Petersburg, 1903.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/_D0_A1_D0_B0_D0_BD_D0_BA_D1_82_D0_9F_D0_B5_D1_82_D0_B5_D1_80_D0_B1_D1_83_D1_80_D0_B3_2C_1903_s.jpg "Map of Saint Petersburg, 1903.")
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from Dionysus |
from George Shuklin |
![[The Bronze Horseman, monument to Peter the Great.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bronze_Horseman002_2_s.jpg "The Bronze Horseman, monument to Peter the Great.")
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