Petersburg

[pee-terz-burg]

noun

1. a city in SE Virginia: besieged by Union forces 1864–65.

Petersburg

/ ˈpiːtəzˌbɜːɡ /

noun

1. a city in SE Virginia, on the Appomattox River: scene of prolonged fighting (1864–65) during the final months of the American Civil War. Pop: 33 091 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

Soon, he teamed up with Gennady Timchenko, a former Soviet trade official who knew Putin from St. Petersburg, where the future president worked in the mayoralty.

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Maria, who lives in St Petersburg, says she wasn't prepared for such severe side effects.

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Despite the crackdown, young street musicians in St Petersburg continue to perform music by artists labelled foreign agents by Russian authorities.

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An 18-year-old Russian singer whose street performances of an anti-Putin song went viral has been arrested for unlawfully organising "a mass gathering", a court in Saint Petersburg said Thursday.

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Brazil made them pay when a slick passing move sent Henrique clear and the Zenit St. Petersburg forward finished in style.

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