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Leningrad Saint-Petersburg Guide - Peter's City
VISIT ST.PETERSBURG
ABOUT SAINT PETERSBURG
Travellers are always charmed by its immense beauty and diversity.
Saint-Petersburg is situated in the north-west of Russia where the Neva river
flows into the Gulf of Finland. Nearly 300 years ago the first Russian emperor
Peter I founded it as the new capital of the Russian empire. And the city
remained the Russian capital for more than 200 years. Saint-Petersburg is often
called the Northern capital of Russia, the Northern Palmira or Venice of the
North.
Saint Petersburg is a phenomenon of world culture. Being one of the most
beautiful cities in the world, it was created by the talent of Russian people
and magnificent architects both from Russia and Europe. Its captivating
architectural ensembles, the beautiful bridges, railings, embankments of the
Neva river and the numerous canals, the palaces and par- all these impresses
anybody who comes here.
Starting in 1712, Saint Petersburg was the capital of the Russian Empire. The
city had its triumphs and its tragedies: in the 18th century - from the first
humble huts to the brilliant reign of Catherine II, in the 19th centy - from
serfdom to industrial, financial and cultural upsurge, and in the 20th century -
from the great ideas and illusions of socialist revolution, through the great
feat of the defenders of Leningrad during the siege of World War II, until,
after the fall of Communism in 1991, the city regained the name given to it at
its birth.
Today St. Petersburg is a large industrial, transport, scientific and cultural
centre of Russia, with a population of 5 mln people. It covers 620 sq. km on 42
islands, formed by the Neva and its arms, and it has grown until it reaches the
coast of the Gulf of Finland.
The great Russian poet Pushkin called St. Petersburg the window into Europe. The
city is ready for cooperation and development. Every day dozens of businessmen
from the East and the West come here to get to know the city better and to
establish business contacts.
St. Petersburg is one of the largest centres of world tourism with European
standards of service, and with an enormous infrastructure for holidaymaking and
entertainments. It is the city of festivals and congresses, holidays on the Neva
river, regattas on the Gulf of Finland and in the Baltic.
F. Dostoyevsky said: "Beauty will save the world." St. Petersburg is beauty at
every step. The best way to find it out - is to come here.
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