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| | Saint Petersburg |
 | | Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербург, Sankt-Peterbúrg), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленинград, Leningrád) and Petrograd (Петроград, Petrográd), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. |
 | | The original name, Saint Petersburg, was restored on September 6, 1991, as a result of the collapse of Soviet rule. |
 | | Petersburg's position near the Arctic Circle, on the same latitude as nearby Helsinki, Stockholm and Oslo, causes twilight to last all night in May and June. |
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