St.+Petersburg

__**St. Petersburg**__ **Mercedes Galt** St. Petersburg is a city located on the Neva River in Russia. In 1914, the name of the city was changed from St. Petersburg to The Petrograd. In 1924, it was changed from The Petrograd to Leningrad. In 1991, it was changed from Leningrad back to its original name of St. Petersburg. The city is currently named St. Petersburg. This city was the capital of the country until 1918, then it was changed to Moscow. St. Petersburg is Russia's second largest city with a population of about 4.6 Million. It is a major Cultural Centre, and an important Russian port on the Baltic Sea. A large number of foreign consulates, international cooperations, banks and other businesses are located in St. Petersburg. Its absolute location is 59N, 30E. It is the northern most densly populated city in Russia.

Weather in St. Petersburg varies. From reading about it i think it is very comparable to weather here in North Dakota. The Winters are long and cold. Spring can also be pretty decently long. Summer each year varies, it usually starts to cool down again around August. Preparing for fall, then winter. By mid-October it begins to get very chilly.

Facts About St. Petersburg: The "Birthday" of the city is celebrated each year on May 27 St. Petersburg is also known for its White Nights The White Nights look similar to "golden church roofs glow in stunning red and aureate colors. A magic light permeates the city of Russian czars to everyone’s amazement"

The area of Saint Petersburg city is 233.9 sq mi. The area of the federal subject is 556 sq mi. St. Petersburg has nine municipal towns; Kolpino, Krasnoye Selo , Kronstadt , Lomonosov , Pavlovsk , Petergof , Pushkin , Sestroretsk , Zelenogors. Saint Petersburg is the second largest city in Russia. Per the preliminary results of the 2010 Census, the city's population is 4,848,700, or 3.39% of the total population of Russia; up from 4,661,219 (3.21%) recorded in the 2002 Census. The ethnic composition was: Russian 84.72%, Ukrainian 1.87%, Belarusians 1.17%, Jewish0.78%, Tatar 0.76%, Armenian0.41%, Azeri0.36%, Georgian 0.22%, C huvash 0.13%, Polish 0.10%, and many other smaller ethnic groups, while 7.89% of the inhabitants declined to state their ethnicity.

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