Saint Petersburg is the second largest city in Russia and the country's cultural heart. It has a population of over 5 million people and was formerly known as Petrograd and Leningrad. The city has many major attractions, including 221 museums, 2000 libraries, over 80 theaters, and 100 concert organizations. Some of its most famous cultural attractions are the Hermitage Museum, Kazansky Cathedral, Church on Spilled Blood, and St. Isaac's Cathedral.

1. Saint-Petersburg
Russia
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2. Table of content
 Basic information
 Interesting facts
 Main cultural attractions
 White Nights
 Transport

3.  The second largest city in Russia, St. Petersburg is
the country’s cultural heart.
 Population of more than 5 million.
 The city was formerly known as Petrograd, and later
Leningrad.
 This is a magical city, with a long list of major
attractions.

4. Interesting facts
 Saint Petersburg is inscribed on the UNESCO World
Heritage list as an area with 36 historical architectural
complexes and around 4000 outstanding individual
monuments of architecture, history and culture.
 The city has 221 museums, 2000 libraries, more than
80 theaters, 100 concert organizations, 45 galleries.
 There are 342 bridges in Saint Petersburg.
 There are 33 islands in Saint Petersburg.

5. Main cultural attractions:
For all types of tourists
 Mostly all of them located in the city center
 Some of them are free to enter
 Environs such as Tsarskoe Selo and Peterhof
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6. The Hermitage

7. Kazansky Cathedral

8. Church on the Spilled
Blood

9. St. Isaac’s Cathedral

10. Tsarskoe Selo

11. Peterhof

12. Allocentric tourists
 Some of them are located in the city center
 Some of them are free to enter
 Unusual way to see and explore

13. Russian Vodka
Museum

14.  The museum gives a fascinating insight into the
Russian history, culture and drinking traditions.
 Russian Vodka Museum is the first museum in Russia
and in the world dedicated exclusively to Vodka.
 Its exhibition tells about the drink which has been an
integral part and essential attribute of Russian life for
centuries.

15. Kunstkammer Museum of
Anthropology and Ethnography

16.  The eccentricities of Peter the Great are revealed at
this museum he established in 1714 where his bizarre
collection of vital organs, deformed skeletons, a twofaced calf and more are displayed in the Round
Room.
 First museum which was opened in Russia

17. Erarta

18.  ERARTA is the biggest
museum of the
contemporary art in
Russia.
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19. John Lennon Love, Peace and Music
Temple at 10, Pushkinskaya street
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20.  Made by one of the biggest Beatles fan in Russia
 Not an official street of John Lennon

21. Monument of Tshisik
Pyshik

22.  During the existence of the
monument he was abducted seven
times, but each time the sculptures
were putting it back in place or was
restored again.
 Place where wishes come true
 Its height - 11 cm, weight - about 5
kg.

23. White Nights
 White Nights (roughly, 11 June–2 July), when the sun
sets only for a brief period of twilight, and the streets
stay alive around the clock. The last ten days of June,
during the White Nights Festival of all-day
performances, concerts, festivals, and parties.

25. Transport
 You can travel by:
 Subway
 Tram
 Bus
 Taxi
 Local train

26. And…
 Downtown and western parts of the city are safest.
 Suburbs like Kupchino, Veteranov Ligovo and
Sennaya in the centre should be avoided at night time.
 As a general rule, the farther you are from the city
center, the more dangerous it is.
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