Saint Petersburg, St.-Petersburg

Saint Petersburg: Federal city in and former capital of Russia

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Population : 5,398,064
Country : Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Russia, Russian Republic, Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia, Soviet Union
State : St.-Petersburg (Russia)
Head of government : Governor of Saint Petersburg
Postal code : 199406, 190000
Plate code : 78, 98, 198, 178
Phone Area Codes : 812
Area : 1439 km2
Official name : Петраград, Петроград, Petrograd, Szentpétervár, Petrograd, Sankt Petersburg, Լենինկրատ, Petrográd, Leningrád, Leninqrad, Петраград, Ленінград, Санкт-Петербург, Санкт-Петербург, Լենինգրադ, Leningrad, Петроград, Leningrad, Szentpétervár, Պետրոգրադ, Ленінград, Sankt Petersburg, Ленинград, Petroqrad, Санкт-Петербург, Sankt Petersburg, Ленінград, Sankt Petersburg, Санкт-Петербург, Leningrado
Continent : Europe
Legislative body : Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg
Named for : Peter, Peter, Vladimir Lenin
Altitude : 10 feet / 3 meters
Capital city : Saint Petersburg is capital of Sankt Petersburg Province, Tsardom of Russia, Northwestern Federal District, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Ingermanland Governorate, Saint Peterburg County, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire, Russian Empire, Russian Republic, Leningrad Oblast, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
Establishment : May 05, 1703 (320 years ago)
Time Zone : Moscow Time
Local time : 20:04:00 (23rd April 2024)

Geography

Saint Petersburg is located at 59°53'40"N 30°15'51"E (59.8944444, 30.2641667). It has 2 neighbors: Lomonosovskiy Rayon and Leningradskaya Oblast .

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  • Anatoly Sobchak , 1996 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z mayor
  • Vladimir Anatolyevich Yakovlev , 2003 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
  • Valentina Matviyenko , 2011 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z
  • Georgy Poltavchenko , 2018 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
  • Alexander Beglov , 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z

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Saint Petersburg has 2 neighbours.

  • Nevskaya Zastava
  • Repino
  • Vyborgsky District, Saint Petersburg
  • Novoizmailovskoe
  • Grazhdanka
  • Narodny
  • Posadsky
  • Kurortny District
  • Knyazhevo
  • Petergof
  • Kronverkskoye Municipal Okrug
  • Konstantinovskoe
  • Chornaya Rechka
  • Municipal Okrug #72
  • Georgievsky
  • Municipal Okrug #21
  • Kolomyagi
  • Svetlanovskoe
  • Frunzensky District
  • Admiralteysky District
  • Pulkovsky Meridian Municipal Okrug
  • Kolomna Municipal Okrug
  • Kirovsky District, Saint Petersburg
  • Pontonny
  • Krasnoselsky District
  • Rzhevka
  • Yekateringofsky Municipal Okrug
  • Ligovka-Yamskaya Municipal Okrug
  • Morskie Vorota
  • Shushary, Saint Petersburg
  • Ivanovsky
  • Krasnoye Selo
  • Vladimirsky Municipal Okrug
  • Sennoy Municipal Okrug
  • Aptekarsky Ostrov Municipal Okrug
  • Pargolovo
  • Zelenogorsk
  • Primorsky District
  • Vasilyevsky Municipal Okrug
  • Moskovskaya Zastava Municipal Okrug
  • Malaya Okhta
  • Metallostroy
  • Obukhovsky
  • Gagarinskoe
  • Zvyozdnoe
  • Shuvalovo-Ozerki
  • Kolpinsky District
  • Ulyanka Municipal Okrug
  • Pushkin
  • Ostrov Dekabristov
  • Lisy Nos
  • Sampsonievskoie
  • Vasileostrovsky District
  • Nevsky District
  • Balkansky Municipal Okrug
  • Lakhta-Olgino Municipal Okrug
  • Yugo-Zapad Municipal Okrug
  • Morskoy
  • Gorelovo
  • Yuntolovo
  • Serovo
  • Krasnogvardeysky District, Saint Petersburg
  • Municipal Okrug 78
  • Kolpino
  • Rybatskoye Municipal Okrug
  • Pesochny
  • Nevsky
  • Smolyachkovo
  • Semyonovsky Municipal Okrug
  • Komendantsky Aerodrom
  • Tyarlevo
  • Kalininsky District, Saint Petersburg
  • Sosnovaya Ployana
  • Municipal Okrug #65
  • Tsentralny District
  • Beloostrov
  • Volkovskoye Municipal Okrug
  • Polyustrovo
  • Municipal Okrug #75
  • Porokhovye Municipal Okrug
  • Sapyorny
  • Admiralteysky Municipal Okrug
  • Ust-Izhora
  • Molodyozhnoye, Saint Petersburg
  • Petro-Slavyanka
  • Sestroretsk
  • Pushkinsky District, Saint Petersburg
  • Parnas
  • Sosnovskoe
  • Yuzhno-Primorsky
  • Uritsk
  • Municipal Okrug #7
  • Kupchino
  • Ushkovo, Saint Petersburg
  • Municipal Okrug #54
  • Solnechnoye, Saint Petersburg
  • Dachnoye Municipal Okrug
  • Pravoberezhny
  • Vvedensky Municipal Okrug
  • Narvsky Municipal Okrug
  • Finlyandsky
  • Prometey
  • Komarovo, Saint Petersburg
  • Ozero Dolgoe
  • Avtovo
  • Moskovsky District, Saint Petersburg
  • Smolninskoye Municipal Okrug
  • Strelna
  • Chkalovskoe
  • Lomonosov
  • Gavan Municipal Okrug
  • Pavlovsk
  • Municipal Okrug 15
  • Okkervil
  • Alexandrovskaya
  • Dvortsovy Municipal Okrug
  • Piskaryovka
  • Kronstadt
  • Izmaylovskoye Municipal Okrug
  • Akademitsheskoye Municipal Okrug
  • Petrogradsky District
  • Bolshaya Okhta Municipal Okrug
  • Petrovsky
  • Petrodvortsovy District
  • Levashovo, Saint Petersburg
  • Krasnenkaya Rechka Municipal Okrug
  • Saverny
  • Liteyny Municipal Okrug

Demographics

Year Population % Change Method
1764 149,700 - estimation process
1765 150,300 0.4% estimation process
1780 174,800 14.02% estimation process
1789 217,900 19.78% estimation process
1800 220,200 1.04% estimation process
1811 335,600 34.39% estimation process
1817 363,900 7.78% estimation process
1825 424,700 14.32% estimation process
1833 442,900 4.11% estimation process
1837 468,800 5.52% estimation process
1840 470,200 0.3% estimation process
1850 487,300 3.51% estimation process
1852 532,200 8.44% estimation process
1863 539,500 1.35% estimation process
1870 668,000 19.24% estimation process
1882 928,000 28.02% estimation process
1891 1,033,600 10.22% estimation process
1900 1,418,000 27.11% estimation process
1901 1,439,600 1.5% estimation process
1903 1,281,108 -12.37% estimation process
1910 1,905,600 32.77% estimation process
1914 2,118,500 10.05% estimation process
1915 2,314,500 8.47% estimation process
1916 2,415,700 4.19% estimation process
1917 2,300,000 -5.03% estimation process
1918 1,469,000 -56.57% estimation process
1919 900,000 -63.22% estimation process
1920 740,000 -21.62% estimation process
1921 830,000 10.84% estimation process
1922 960,000 13.54% estimation process
1923 1,093,000 12.17% census
1924 1,221,000 10.48% estimation process
1925 1,379,000 11.46% estimation process
1926 1,590,770 13.31% estimation process
1928 1,688,300 5.78% estimation process
1930 2,009,500 15.98% estimation process
1935 2,715,700 26% estimation process
1939 3,191,304 14.9% estimation process
1940 2,920,000 -9.29% estimation process
1941 2,992,000 2.41% estimation process
1942 2,432,000 -23.03% estimation process
1943 622,000 -291% estimation process
1944 546,000 -13.92% estimation process
1945 927,000 41.1% estimation process
1946 1,541,000 39.84% estimation process
1947 1,920,000 19.74% estimation process
1948 1,998,000 3.9% estimation process
1949 2,218,000 9.92% estimation process
1950 2,258,000 1.77% estimation process
1955 2,797,000 19.27% estimation process
1956 2,814,000 0.6% estimation process
1959 3,321,196 15.27% estimation process
1960 3,432,000 3.23% estimation process
1962 3,036,000 -13.04% estimation process
1965 3,777,200 19.62% estimation process
1967 3,296,000 -14.6% estimation process
1970 3,949,501 16.55% estimation process
1973 3,679,000 -7.35% estimation process
1975 4,418,000 16.73% estimation process
1976 3,915,000 -12.85% estimation process
1979 4,588,183 14.67% estimation process
1980 4,635,200 1.01% estimation process
1981 4,669,400 0.73% estimation process
1982 4,711,200 0.89% estimation process
1983 4,762,100 1.07% estimation process
1984 4,806,400 0.92% estimation process
1985 4,844,200 0.78% estimation process
1986 4,882,200 0.78% estimation process
1987 4,931,200 0.99% estimation process
1988 4,986,900 1.12% estimation process
1989 5,023,506 0.73% estimation process
1990 5,002,444 -0.42% estimation process
1991 5,007,469 0.1% estimation process
1992 4,986,405 -0.42% estimation process
1993 4,942,891 -0.88% estimation process
1995 4,845,407 -2.01% estimation process
1996 4,820,213 -0.52% estimation process
1997 4,806,641 -0.28% estimation process
1998 4,783,982 -0.47% estimation process
1999 4,770,897 -0.27% estimation process
2000 4,741,923 -0.61% estimation process
2001 4,714,844 -0.57% estimation process
2002 4,661,219 -1.15% estimation process
2003 4,656,474 -0.1% estimation process
2004 4,624,083 -0.7% estimation process
2005 4,600,000 -0.52% estimation process
2006 4,580,620 -0.42% estimation process
2007 4,571,184 -0.21% estimation process
2008 4,568,047 -0.07% estimation process
2009 4,581,854 0.3% estimation process
2010 4,879,566 6.1% estimation process
2011 4,899,344 0.4% estimation process
2012 4,953,219 1.09% estimation process
2013 5,028,000 1.49% census
2014 5,131,942 2.03% estimation process
2016 5,225,690 1.79% estimation process
2017 5,281,579 1.06% estimation process
2018 5,351,935 1.31% estimation process
2020 5,398,064 0.85% census

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