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	Saint Petersburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Petersburg's position near the Arctic Circle, on the same latitude as nearby Helsinki, Stockholm and Oslo (60° N), causes twilight to last all night in May, June and July.
		The public monuments of St Petersburg also include the circular statue of Catherine II on the Nevsky Prospekt, fine horse statues on the Anichkov bridge, a Rodin-like equestrian statue of Alexander III, and the Tercentenary monument presented by France in 2003 and installed on the Sennaya Square.
		Saint Petersburg has regular railway connections to Helsinki, Finland via Vyborg (on the Russian side) and Kouvola and Lahti (on the Finnish side).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Petersburg (4736 words)

	MSN Encarta - Saint Petersburg (Russia)
		Saint Petersburg (Russia) (Russian Sankt Peterburg), second largest city and largest seaport in Russia, located in the northwestern part of the country, at the head of the Gulf of Finland (an arm of the Baltic Sea).
		Saint Petersburg has cold winters, with temperatures in January averaging -10° C (14° F); the summers are generally cool, with the temperature in July averaging 17° C (63° F).
		The population of Saint Petersburg proper (2002) was 4,669,400.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761551717 (1463 words)

	Sightseeing in Saint Petersburg
		One of the most beautiful cathedrals of Saint Petersburg, the Savior-on-the-Blood was erected on the place where Russian Emperor Alexander II was murdered on the 1st of March, 1881.
		One of the best Baroque architectural ensembles of Saint Petersburg the Smolny Cathedral is situated on the bank of the River Neva on that very place where under Peter the Great there was built a tar yard ("Smolny" is Russian for tar) that supplied the Admiralty with resin for the shipbuilding.
		The picturesque town of Gatchina, situated 46 km to the south-west from Saint Petersburg, is well-known far beyond the bounds of Russia.
	www.saint-petersburg-hotels.com /sights.htm (1088 words)

	The Admiralty in St. Petersburg, Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The original Admiralty was one of the first structures to be built in St Petersburg.
		The Admiralty was also fortified to be an extra defense for the newly acquired territory of the Neva delta.
		The gardens in front of the Admiralty are particularly beautiful in summer, and you might choose to walk through them on your way from the Hermitage to the "Bronze Horseman" and St Isaac's.
	www.saint-petersburg.com /virtual-tour/admiralty.asp (230 words)

	Introducing Europe: Russia, Great Britain, Greece, Czechia. The countries, cities, customs, museums, restaurants, ...
		Saint Petersburg (Russian Sankt Peterburg), second largest city and largest seaport in Russia, located in the northwestern part of the country, at the head of the Gulf of Finland (an arm of the Baltic Sea).
		Saint Petersburg was at the forefront of Russia's industrialization, which began in the late 19th century.
		The population of Saint Petersburg proper (1999 estimate) was 4,695,400.
	www.investreal-uk.com /_eng/russia/vip_tourism (3109 words)

	Tours and excursions of Saint-Petersburg, sights, hotels reservation, theater, museums. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		But she didn't want to leave Saint Petersburg that was the beloved creation of her father, and ordered to erase a convent on the place of the former tar yard.
		Strelna, one of the oldest suburbs of Saint Petersburg, is situated 19 km from the town, on the south shore of the Finnish Gulf.
		The reconstruction of the palace began in November 2001, and by the celebrations of the 300th anniversary of Saint Petersburg foundation the ensemble was totally restored and appeared before the public in all its glory.
	www.trip-to-moscow.com /eng/petersburg/sightseeing.htm (10505 words)

	Official Portal of the City Governement: City Today
		The St. Petersburg climate is influenced by the huge expanses of the Atlantic Ocean and its immediate proximity to the Gulf of Finland; water also accounts for 10% of the city's area - a great number of rivers, lakes and marshes.
		Petersburg is built on 42 islands at the Neva delta where the river flows into the Gulf of Finland.
		Among St. Petersburg's unique attractions are its numerous palaces, constructed in the 18th and 19th centuries, when the city was the capital of the Russian state; they formed the ceremonial face of the city.
	eng.gov.spb.ru /culture (1336 words)

	WALKING AROUND SAINT-PETERSBURG ( FROM THE RAILWAY STATION TO THE ADMIRALTY )
		Petersburg, as we know, was built on marshes and one of the marshes was the source of two rivers - Mya and Krivusha.
		And here is the Admiralty at last, the gilded spire of which can be seen from Ploshchad Vosstaniya, the start of our journey.
		The original Admiralty was laid by Peter I in 1704.
	www.vor.ru /SanktPeterburg/SanktPeterburg002_eng.html (1176 words)

	CBS - The Amazing Race
		Saint Petersburg, the second largest city in Russia, is one of the most stunning and architecturally marvelous cities in all of Eastern Europe.
		Located at the delta of the 46-mile Neva River, Saint Petersburg's canals and natural waterways have earned it the title "Venice of the North." Divided into four sections, the Admiralty Side, Vasilyevsky Island, the Petrograd Side and the Vyborg Side, the city spreads across 42 islands and the mainland floodplain.
		Although the Russian settlement of Saint Petersburg began hundreds of years earlier, May 16, 1703 is considered the official founding date of the city.
	www.cbs.com /primetime/amazing_race5/show/episode04/destinations.shtml (1190 words)

	Saint Petersburg on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Petersburg's port is linked by deepwater canal with Kotlin Island, where the outer port and the Kronshtadt naval base are located.
		are the Alexander Nevsky monastery (1710), the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (1733), the Winter Palace (1762), and the Smolny convent (1764).
		Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra to hold concert on 7 May, celebrating 60th anniversary of end of Second World War.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/StPetrsRus_PointsofInterest.asp (1204 words)

	Saint-Petersburg
		The city of Saint Petersburg lies on the flat and marshy shores of the Neva River at the place where it flows into the Gulf of Finland over a delta of 42 islands.
		Saint Petersburg possesses the largest number of rivers, islands and bridges in the world.
		Saint Petersburg is often called a museum of bridges for there are more than 300 of them in the city.
	www.serzh.ru /spb/index_en.html (1439 words)

	Admiralty
		At the beginning of the 19th century the Admiralty building again needed reconstruction as it clashed with the grand ensembles of the city center.
		Originally the Admiralty was used for the shipbuilding and its premises served as workshops and different storehouses.
		Nowadays the Admiralty stays the architectural and compositional center of Saint Petersburg and one of the most beautiful samples of the early Russian Classicism.
	www.saint-petersburg-hotels.com /admiralteystvo.htm (542 words)

	Article from the World Heritage Review n°30: UNESCO Culture Sector
		The nuclear structure of Saint Petersburg was originally the Peter-Paul Fortress and the Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul erected by Trezzini.
		Saint Petersburg, with its numerous rivers and man-made canals, is a sister-city of Venice and Amsterdam.
		The last great masterpieces of Saint Petersburg's Empire architecture were created by the peerless Auguste Montferrand, who enriched the city with the 50 m Alexander Column (a 600 ton granite monolith), in the middle of Palace Square, and the towering St Isaac's Cathedral.
	portal.unesco.org /culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=9139&URL_DO=DO_PRINTPAGE&URL_SECTION=201.html (3329 words)

	A Virtual Tour of St. Petersburg, Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Although not yet 300 years old, St. Petersburg is a city crammed with historical and cultural associations and a refined air of mystery.
		Petersburg State University - The impressive red-and-white Twelve Colleges building was built in the 1740s and since the early 19th century has played host to one of the most prominent universities in Russia.
		The Admiralty - One of the first structures to be built in St. Petersburg and the construction site for some of the first ships of Russia's Baltic Fleet.
	www.saint-petersburg.com /virtual-tour/index.asp (1316 words)

	St.Petersburg Photo Gallery. Admiralty.
		The Main Admiralty building is an outstanding sample of Russian and world architecture, a major achievement of the early classical art.
		The Admiralty is the architectural and compositional center of St. Petersburg.
		In 1806 — 23 the third Admiralty (the present one) was erected to a design by the great Russian architect A.Zakharov, that was to commemorate the naval power and victories of the Russian fleet.
	www.visitrussia.com /guide/gallery-spb-admiralty.htm (662 words)

	Pravda.RU:Admiralty Wharves completes construction on fourth-generation submarine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Admiralty Wharves is nearing completion of construction of a leading fourth-generation diesel electric Lada submarine.
		Admiralty Wharves told Rosbalt that construction on the first submarine named Saint Petersburg began in 1997.
		The Saint Petersburg differs from third-generation submarines in that it has one hull instead of two, a new level of systems automation and new weapons.
	newsfromrussia.com /main/2003/10/06/50355_.html (168 words)

	Admiralty (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		For the authority responsible for the Royal Navy before 1964, see Admiralty.
		For the international law of the sea, see Admiralty law.
		Admiralty Islands, a part of the Manus Province of Papua New Guinea
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Admiralty_(disambiguation) (151 words)

	Russia : Saint-Petersburg - «Rusvip» Travel Company
		St Petersburg is the second largest city in Russia and one of the most beautiful cities in the world It was founded in 1703 by Peter the Great as the "Window to the West".
		Petersburg, a city of great beauty, with palaces, cathedrals, churches, government buildings was the capital.
		Petersburg's many museums house some of the world's famous art collections.
	www.rusvip.ru /eng/hist_st_peter.html (242 words)

	TEFL Certificate Courses with Via Lingua: Teach English Abroad
		In St Petersburg the CTEFL courses are run in cooperation with the Benedict School - the biggest and most popular language school in the city.
		The St Petersburg centre is located in the heart of the city, near the Winter Palace, Square and the Hermitage.
		A powerful combination of both East and West, St. Petersburg is, more than anything, a city born of the passion of its founder, Czar Peter the Great, to bring an unwilling Russian nation into the fold of Europe and into the mainstream of history.
	www.vialingua.org /tefl-petersburg.asp (545 words)

	Vasilyevsky Island (from Saint Petersburg) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		One of the first areas of St. Petersburg to be developed because of its defendable position, Vasilyevsky Island forms the northwestern corner of the central city.
		Opposite the Admiralty and Winter Palace, at the island's eastern tip, is the remarkable architectural complex known as the Strelka (literally, “Pointer”), facing the bifurcation of the Neva.
		To the east of St. Petersburg is Tampa Bay, and to the west is Boca Ciega Bay.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-23987 (885 words)

	Saint Petersburg
		The creation of St. Petersburg located on numerous islands in the Neva delta, north-west Russia was built in a swampy area and to safeguard inundation there are about 800 bridges and 21 of them drawbridges.
		The Spit of Vasilyevsky Island is the focal point in the panorama view of St. Petersburg embankments.
		Petersburg is worth more than one visit and merits a full commentary.
	www.di-ve.com /dive/portal/portal.jhtml?id=146232&pid=null (537 words)

	Church on Spilled Blood, Saint Petersburg
		Built on the spot where Tsar Alexander II was assassinated in 1881, the foundation stone was laid in 1883 and it took nearly a quarter of a century to complete.
		With its distinctive cupolas the Muscovy design is unique in St. Petersburg and provides a dramatic contrast to the Neo-Classical architecture which dominates the city center.
		All architects were invited to submit plans for the building of this permanent monument and the definitive designs of Alfred Parland (1842-1920), [Russian despite the name] were accepted after he won the competition set up by Alexander III, which stipulated that it had to be in the 'purely Russian style of the 17th century'.
	www.nevsky-prospekt.com /khram.html (658 words)

	History of Russian Culture, St.-Petersburg, literature, Dostoevsky's museum, educational excursion
		Saint Petersburg is also served by five major railway lines and by Pulkovo Airport, located 18 km (11 mi) south of the city.
		Saint Petersburg has witnessed some of the most dramatic political events in Russia's history.
		The end of Communism led to the creation of multiple political parties in Saint Petersburg-as elsewhere in Russia-and the establishment of a democratic city government.
	www.absolutetravel.ru /historyspb.htm (2632 words)

	Saint Petersburg, Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		St.Petersburg is located at the mouth of the Neva River, and eastward across the islands of its delta is the Gulf of Finland reaching the coast of Finland, and onward is the Baltic Sea.
		Situated at roughly 60 degrees north latitude, St. Petersburg is neighbored by Finland and Estonia and is on about the same latitude as the southern tip of Greenland and Seward, Alaska.
		Petersburg is slightly different - a difference which has enchanted residents and visitors for centuries.
	www.basecamp.cnchost.com /peterbrg.htm (1697 words)

	Sunbirds.com: Saint Petersburg - Russian Lacquer item (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Saint Petersburg by Dmitriyev, Sergey Mikhailovich of Kholuy #992068
		Saint Petersburg, the first European city in Russia.
		Moscow stayed the true economic and religious capital, but the monarchy was in Petersburg as was the political power until 1918 when the communists moved the capital back to Moscow.
	www.sunbirds.com /lacquer/box/992068 (823 words)

	Saint Petersburg Restaurants
		Some of Saint Petersburg’s restaurants continue the traditions that were started before the October Revolution of 1917.
		In Saint Petersburg there is even a restaurant serving Indonesian cuisine, and this is the only restaurant of such a type in Russia so far.
		In Saint Petersburg, a Latin American culinary culture is presented by several restaurants offering tequila and various dishes typical for Mexican and Brazilian cuisines.
	www.st-petersburg.net /restaurants/restaurants.htm (365 words)

	Admiralty in St. Petersburg, Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Admiralty was one of the first structures to be built in St Petersburg.
		It was designed to be a dockyard, where some of the first ships of Russia's Baltic fleet were built, and also fortified to be an extra defense for the newly obtained Neva delta.
		The gilded spire of the Admiralty (and particularly its weather-vane korablik - "little ship") is a famous St. Petersburg landmark.
	www.cityvision2000.com /city_tour/admiralt.htm (116 words)

	Admiralty, Saint Petersburg, Russia
		One of the main St Petersburg landmarks is the gilded spire of the Admiralty.
		Originally the Admiralty was used for the shipbuilding and its premises served as workshops and different storehouses.In the 19th-beginning of the 20th century the buildings of the Admiralty were given over to administrative naval establishments.
		The admiralty that one can see today is the third one that was build on the side of the first original building in St. Petersburg.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Russia/Gorod_Sankt_Peterburg/Saint_Petersburg-564323/Things_To_Do-Saint_Petersburg-Admiralty-R-1.html (1284 words)

	VirtualTourist.com - Klod5's Saint Petersburg Travel Page
		It is a passage lightning that I made to Saint Petersburg when I went to Respublika Kareliya (Russia).
		Au voyage aller Saint Petersburg était encore sous la neige, alors que Toulouse se dorait au chaud soleil printanier.
		At the journey to go Saint Petersburg was again under snow, whereas Toulouse turned a golden color to the hot vernal sun.
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/56352/89c63 (588 words)

	Images of Saint-Petersburg
		The Churakov collection is particularly strong in the material relating to our city.
		About 900 images of Saint Pitersburg (Petrograd-Leningrad) are available online and can be viewed via the web.
		The post-cards are grouped into separate pages for two periods: from 1900 to 1917 and from 1918 to 1941.
	www.nlr.ru:8101 /eng/line/spbpcards (289 words)

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