Place details
Place nameSaint Petersburg
Other namesSankt-Peterburg, Saint Petersbourg, St. Petersburg, Leningrad, Leningrado, Petrograd
CountryRossiya
Latitude59.883
Longitude30.25
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Located on Gulf of Finland; was important cultural center since 18th century; center of Russian Revolution 1917-1918; threatened by Hitler 1941-1942; nation's center for production of machinery and armaments; noted for 18th-century Winter Palace and Hermitage Museum.