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  2. Saint Petersburg - Wikipedia

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    Saint Petersburg is the fourth-most populous city in Europe, the most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As Russia's Imperial capital, and a historically strategic port, it is governed as a federal city . The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703 on the site of ...

  3. Nevsky Prospect - Wikipedia

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    59.9318°N 30.3528°E. / 59.9318; 30.3528. Nevsky Prospect (Russian: Не́вский проспе́кт, romanized: Nevsky Prospekt, IPA: [ˈnʲɛfskʲɪj prɐˈspʲɛkt]) is a main street ( high street) located in the federal city of St. Petersburg in Russia. Its name comes from the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, the monastery which stands at the ...

  4. Rubinstein Street (Saint Petersburg) - Wikipedia

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    Vladimirskaya, Dostoyevskaya. 'Five Corners' crossroad, 2014. The Rubinstein Street is a street in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It runs from Nevsky Prospect to Zagorodny prospect. Since the 2000s it became famous as the main restaurant and bar street in the city, a centre of Petersburg social life. [1] [2] [3] [4]

  5. Grand Prix of St. Petersburg - Wikipedia

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    1:00.6795 ( Josef Newgarden, Dallara DW12, 2024, IndyCar) The Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg is an IndyCar Series race held in St. Petersburg, Florida. In most years since 2009, the race has served as the season opener (or at minimum, the first race held on U.S. soil). [1] The race is held annually in the spring, with the exception of ...

  6. Saint Petersburg Metro - Wikipedia

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    The Saint Petersburg Metro (Russian: Петербургский метрополитен, romanized: Peterburgskiy metropoliten) is a rapid transit system in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Construction began in early 1941, but was put on hold due to World War II and the subsequent Siege of Leningrad, during which the constructed stations were used ...

  7. Administrative divisions of Saint Petersburg - Wikipedia

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    Law #411-68 of July 25, 2005 On the Territorial Structure of Saint Petersburg, as amended by the Law #685-130 of December 26, 2014 On Amending the Law of Saint Petersburg "On the Territorial Structure of Saint Petersburg" and the Law of Saint Petersburg "On Considering the Suggestions to Assign Names to Geographical Objects". Effective as of ...

  8. Bloody Sunday (1905) - Wikipedia

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    Bloody Sunday or Red Sunday (Russian: Кровавое воскресенье, romanized: Krovavoye voskresenye, IPA: [krɐˈvavəɪ vəskrʲɪˈsʲenʲjɪ]) was the series of events on Sunday, 22 January [O.S. 9 January] 1905 in St Petersburg, Russia, when unarmed demonstrators, led by Father Georgy Gapon, were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard as they marched towards the Winter ...

  9. Category:Streets in Saint Petersburg - Wikipedia

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    M. Malaya Sadovaya Street. Millionnaya Street. Mokhovaya Street (Saint Petersburg) Moskovsky Avenue.