Saint-Petersburg

                          Saint-Petersburg

Olga Simanskaya

Saint-Petersburg was constructed by Peter I in 27 May 1703. The city was renamed on Petrograd in 31 August 1914. Then in 26 January 1924 Lenin renamed the city in Leningrad. After disintegration SSSR the city was renamed in Saint-Petersburg again in 6 September 1991.The population makes 4 600 310 persons.

The most northern in the world a city with the population more than one million person. Among the cities completely located in Europe, St.-Petersburg is the third on the population, and also the first on number of inhabitants a city which is not capital.

It is located in Northern Europe, in the northwest of the Russian Federation, on the bank of Gulf of Finland of Baltic Sea, in delta of the river of Neva running into it.

St.-Petersburg is important economic and a centre of science of Russia, also it is large transport knot.

St.-Petersburg is included in the list of the World heritage of UNESCO, it is being the important centre of tourism in Russia.

The flag of St.-Petersburg represents a rectangular panel of red colour in which centre two turned white anchors — sea and river, put crosswise are represented, and on them a gold scepter with a two-headed eagle.

St.-Petersburg has some symbols, for example, ship on the Admiralty spike, Mednij Vsadnik, and angel on a spike of the Peter and Paul Cathedral.

I like this city very much. It has many interesting museums, squares, sculptures; also there are many malls, shops, entertainments etc. If you visit St.-Petersburg you will not be disappointed.