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Sculpture of lion on the Embankment of the Neva near the Admiralty
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St Petersburg (Санкт-Петербург) is a city and a federal city of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea.
It is Russia's second largest city after Moscow with 5 million inhabitants (2012). Saint Petersburg is a major European cultural centre.
In 1914 the name of the city was changed from Saint Petersburg to Petrograd, in 1924 to Leningrad and in 1991, back to Saint Petersburg.
In 1914 the name of the city was changed from Saint Petersburg to Petrograd, in 1924 to Leningrad and in 1991, back to Saint Petersburg.
Strela Dmitry sent me this beautiful postcard.
