St. Petersburg

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St. Petersburg is a major Russian port city on the Baltic Sea, renowned for its imperial architecture, cultural heritage, and role as a historic capital of Russia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
federal city of Russia
port city
administrativeStatus federal subject of Russia
capitalOf Russian Empire
Russian SFSR
Soviet Union
capitalPeriodEnd 1918
capitalPeriodStart 1712
climate humid continental climate
country Russia
formerName St. Petersburg self-linksurface differs
surface form: Leningrad

St. Petersburg self-linksurface differs
surface form: Petrograd
foundedBy Peter the Great
foundingDate 1703
governingBody Government of Saint Petersburg
hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
hasLandmark Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo
Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
Kazan Cathedral
Nevsky Prospekt
Palace Square
Peter and Paul Fortress
Peterhof Palace
Saint Isaac's Cathedral
Hermitage Museum
surface form: Winter Palace
hasMuseum Hermitage Museum
Russian Museum
hasNickname St. Petersburg
surface form: Northern Capital of Russia

Venice of the North
hasRiver Neva River
hasTheatre Mariinsky Theatre
heritageSiteName St. Petersburg self-linksurface differs
surface form: Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments
knownFor White Nights
ballet
classical music
cultural heritage
imperial architecture
museums
theatres
locatedIn Northwestern Federal District
locatedOn Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea
surface form: Gulf of Finland

Neva River
namedAfter Apostle Peter
surface form: Saint Peter
populationApprox over 5 million
portType major Baltic Sea port
rankByPopulationInRussia second largest city
timeZone Moscow Time

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Kirov Military Medical Academy locatedIn St. Petersburg
this entity surface form: Saint Petersburg