Saunt Petersburg

Saunt Petersburg
Federal ceety
Санкт-Петербург
Clockwise frae top left: Saunt Isaac's Cathedral rises ower the ceety, Peter an Paul Fortress on Zayachy Island, Palace Square wi the Alexander Column, Petergof, Nevsky Prospekt, an the Winter Palace
Banner Coat airms
Coordinates: 59°57′N 30°19′E / 59.950°N 30.317°E / 59.950; 30.317Coordinates: 59°57′N 30°19′E / 59.950°N 30.317°E / 59.950; 30.317
Kintra	Roushie
Federal destrict	Northwastren[1]
Economic region	Northwastren[2]
Established	27 Mey 1703[3]
Govrenment
• Bodi	Legislative Assembly
• Govrenor	Georgy Poltavchenko (actin)
Area [4]
• Total	1439 km2 (556 sq mi)
Area rank	82nt
Population  (2010 Census)[5]
• Total	4,879,566
• Estimate  (2018)[6]	5,351,935 (+9.7%)
• Rank	4t
• Density	3,400/km2 (8,800/sq mi)
• Urban	100%
• Rural	0%
Time zone	UTC+3 (Moscow Time [7])
ISO 3166 code	RU-SPE
License plates	78, 98, 178
OKTMO ID	40000000
Offeecial leids	Roushie[8]

Saunt Petersburg (Roushie: Са́нкт-Петербу́рг (help·info), romanised: Sankt-Peterburg, lit. 'ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk') is a ceety an a federal subject (a federal ceety) o Roushie locatit on the Neva River at the heid o the Guwf o Finland on the Easter Seas. The ceety's ither names wis Petrograd (Roushie: Петроград, 1914–1924) an Leningrad (Roushie: Ленинград, 1924–1991). It is aften cawed juist Petersburg (Roushie: Петербург) an is informally kent as Piter (Roushie: Питер).

Foondit bi Tsar Peter the Great on 27 Mey 1703, it wis the caipital o the Roushie Empire for mair nor twa hunder years (1713–1728, 1732–1918). Saunt Petersburg ceased bein the caipital in 1918 efter the Roushie Revolution o 1917. It is Roushie's seicont lairgest ceety efter Moscow wi 4.6 million indwallers, an fowert in Europe efter Istanbul, Lunnon an Moscow. Saunt Petersburg is a major European cultural centre, an an important Roushie port on the Easter Seas.

Saunt Petersburg is aften describit as the maist Wastren ceety o Roushie. Amang ceeties o the warld wi ower ane million fowk, Saunt Petersburg is the northmaist. The Heestoric Centre o Saunt Petersburg an Related Groups o Monuments constitute a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid. Saunt Petersburg is an aa hame tae The Hermitage, the lairgest airt museum in the warld. Roushie's poleetical an cultural centre for 200 year, the ceety is whiles referred tae in Roushie as the Northren Caipital. Ower its history it haes been referencit as "the Venice o the north" an the "Northren Palmira" an aw. A lairge nummer o foreign consulates, internaitional corporations, banks an ither businesses are locatit in Saunt Petersburg.

1. ↑ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", No. 20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000.).
2. ↑ Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
3. ↑ Official website of St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg in Figures Archived 2009-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
4. ↑ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (21 Mey 2004). "Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (Territory, Number of Districts, Inhabited Localities, and Rural Administration by Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation)". Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 1 November 2011.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
5. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named 2010Census
6. ↑ http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/population/demo/Popul2018.xls.
7. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 Juin 2011. Retrieved 19 Januar 2019.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
8. ↑ Offeecial ootthrou the Roushie Federation accordin tae Airticle 68.1 o the Constitution o Roushie.