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| Saint Petersburg is a city located in Northwestern Federal District of Russia on the delta of the River Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. It was formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and Leningrad (1924– 1991). |
| Dvortsovyi Bridge and Admiralty Quay, St. Petersburg |
| Many of the images on this page have been provided by Waldemar Rudziecki of the Museum of Contemporary Pomeranian Marine Handicraft in Gdynia, in Poland. For more information about the museum, visit our Poland "Home" page. |
| Academy of Arts from the Admiralty Quay. |
| Admiralty and War Offices. |
| Alexander II's Chapel. |
| The Alexander Theatre. |
| Alexander's Column. |
| The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. |
| Monument to Catherine II. |
| The Kasan Cathedral. |
| Winter Palace Square. |
| The Hermitage. |
| The 9 January Quay - a postcard from the 1930s. |
| The Petropavlovskaya Fortress. |
| Leningrad - the Square of the Revolution. |
| Vorovsky Square, St Isaac's Cathedral and the Astoria Hotel. |
| Two views of the 25th October Prospect from the Soviet Era. |
| Another Soviet Era postcard - the Square of the Victims of the Revolution. |
| Lenin's statue at Smolny. |
| The Cathedral of St Isaac. |
| The Bridge in the Hermitage. |