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Saint Petersburg Санкт-Петербург (Russian) |
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| Political status | |||||
| Country | Russia | ||||
| Federal district | Northwestern | ||||
| Economic region | Northwestern | ||||
| Established | 27 May 1703 | ||||
| Federal city day | 27 May | ||||
| Government (as of March 2010) | |||||
| • Governor | Georgy Poltavchenko (UR) | ||||
| • Legislature | Legislative Assembly | ||||
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| Area | |||||
| • Total | 1,439 km2 (556 sq mi) | ||||
| Area rank | 82nd | ||||
| Population (2017 est.) | |||||
| • Total | 5,323,300 (permanent residents within city limits) (4th rank after Moscow, Moscow Oblast, and Krasnodar Krai) | ||||
| Time zone(s) | MSK (UTC+03:00) | ||||
| ISO 3166-2 | RU-SPE | ||||
| License plates | 78, 98, 178 | ||||
| Official languages | Russian | ||||
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Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, tr. Sankt-Peterburg, IPA: [ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk] (
listen)) is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow, with five million inhabitants in 2012. An important Russian port on the Baltic Sea, it has a status of a federal subject (a federal city).
Situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, it was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on May 27 [O.S. 16] 1703. On 1 September 1914, the name was changed from Saint Petersburg to Petrograd (Russian: Петрогра́д, IPA: [pʲɪtrɐˈgrat]), on 26 January 1924 to Leningrad (Russian: Ленингра́д, IPA: [lʲɪnʲɪnˈgrat]), and on 7 September 1991 back to Saint Petersburg. Between 1713 and 1728 and in 1732–1918, Saint Petersburg was the capital of Imperial Russia. In 1918, the central government bodies moved to Moscow.
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