Welcome to Saint-Petersburg - a world-known legendary city with the unique history. It is really hard to mark out the main sight here; one thing is certain — Saint-Petersburg is one of the greatest and most beautiful cities in the world!

Our world-famous museums collections represent various eras and styles of ageless art, knowing no national boundaries.

Having visited our city once you would like to come again and again.

Foundation and Names

• Founded on May 16 (27) 1703 by Peter the Great
• St.Petersburg: 1703-1914
• Petrograd: 1914-1924
• Leningrad: 1924-1991
• St.Petersburg: again since September 6, 1991

Population

Saint-Petersburg is the Northern city in the world with a population over 1 mln. As of 2011, there are almost 4 million 600 thousand people in St.Petersburg.

Interesting facts

- St.Petersburg is interlaced with about 100 rivers, steams and chanals, totaling about 300km.
- For 300 years St.Petersburg witnessed 324 floods.

Nicknames

“The Venice of the North”
“The Palmyra of the North”
“Window to Europe”
“The Northern Capital of Russia”
“Cultural Capital”
“Piter”

Local Government

The Governor and Governor’s Office, The Legislative Assembly

Famous Architecture

St.Petersburg, one of the most beautiful cities of the world, has become famous as an architectural masterpiece thanks to the many generations of talented architects.

Notable personalities

St.Petersburg was the home of Russia’s most beloved creative geniuses. Here Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy were targeting the life of “world’s most enigmatic city”

National holidays and important days

Russian holydays are important and occur frequently. On most holidays, you wish people a happy holiday by saying – ‘S prazdnikom’

January 1 – New Year
January 7 – Orthodox Christmas
February 23 – Defender of the Fatherland Day
March 1 – World Civil Defense day
March 8 – International Women’s Day
April 30 – Day of Fire Service of Russia
May 1 – Day of Spring and Labour
May 9 – Victory Day
June 12 – Russian Day
November 4 – Day of Popular Unity
December 27 – Day of Rescuer of Russia

Note: all government offices and most other official institutions are closed on public holidays.

Consulates

Bulgaria
Ryleeva ul.,27.....................................................................................................................273-40-18

Czech Republic
Tverskaya ul.,5....................................................................................................................271-46-12

Denmark
Moyki r. nab.,42...................................................................................................................703-39-00

Finland
Preobrazhenskaya pl.,4.....................................................................................................331-76-00

France
Moyki r. nab.,15...................................................................................................................332-22-70

Germany
Furshtatskaya ul.,39..........................................................................................................320-24-00

Greece
Chernyshevskogo pr.,17, flr.4..........................................................................................334-35-86

Hungary
Marata ul.,15........................................................................................................................312-64-58

Italy
Teatralnaya pl.,10...............................................................................................................312-32-17

Japan
Millionnaya ul.,30................................................................................................................314-14-34

Netherlands
Moyki r. nab.,11....................................................................................................................334-02-00

Norway
Nevsky pr.,25.......................................................................................................................336-64-20

Poland
5-ya Sovetskaya ul.,12.......................................................................................................336-31-40

Sweden
Malaya Konyushennaya ul., 1/3.......................................................................................329-14-30

United Kingdom and Northern Ireland
Proletarskoy Dictatury pl.,5...............................................................................................320-32-00

United States
Furshtatskaya ul.,15..........................................................................................................331-26-00