Saint Petersburg

/ (ˈpiːtəzˌbɜːɡ) /

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noun usually abbreviated to: St Petersburg

a city and port in Russia, on the Gulf of Finland at the mouth of the Neva River: founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built on low-lying marshes subject to frequent flooding; capital of Russia from 1712 to 1918; a cultural and educational centre, with a university (1819); a major industrial centre, with engineering, shipbuilding, chemical, textile, and printing industries. Pop: 5 315 000 (2005 est)Former names: Petrograd (1914–24), Leningrad (1924–91)

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Words nearby Saint Petersburg

Saint Paul's, Saint Paul's Cathedral, Saint Peter Port, Saint Peter's, Saint Peter's Basilica, Saint Petersburg, Saint Phalle, Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Pölten, Saint-Quentin

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How to use Saint Petersburg in a sentence

The exhibit also includes examples of designers borrowing from fine art, as Yves Saint Laurent did with his Mondrian dress.
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On the phone, she told friends she was going by train to St. Petersburg.
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Then Gilkes immersed himself in the Old Masters at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg.
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Aduyeva received her education at the State University of Technology and Design in St. Petersburg.
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It was in Saint-Rémy where Van Gogh sends his brother word of how all his sacrifice may soon be for nothing in this life.
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May looked along at the dimpled grace, And then at the saint-like, fair old face, “How funny!”
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One of her humours was to unite the son of her minister, with a niece of the widowed Queen of Saint Germain's.
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Austria's fall was due to the lethargy and hesitation of the courts of Berlin and St. Petersburg.
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He marched to meet it with the throbbing pulses of a soldier rushing to victory or a saint to martyrdom.
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Happening to walk down the Rue Saint Honoré, he had come upon tragedy.
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Cultural definitions for Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

City in northwestern Russia, situated at the head of the Gulf of Finland on both banks of the Neva River and on the islands of its delta; the second-largest city in Russia; a major port, and one of the world's leading industrial and cultural centers.

notes for Saint Petersburg

The first Russian city modeled after European cities, it was founded in 1703 by Peter the Great, who wanted to make it his “window to the West”; renamed Petrograd at the start of World War I and then Leningrad in 1924 in honor of Lenin.

notes for Saint Petersburg

Because it is so far north, St. Petersburg experiences “white nights” for three weeks in June when the sky never completely darkens.

notes for Saint Petersburg

It is the location of the historic Winter Palace, which was sacked during the Russian Revolution but later became the Hermitage Museum.

notes for Saint Petersburg

With the collapse of communism, the city was renamed St. Petersburg.