Name: St.Petersburg
Country: Russia
Time zone: GMT +3
Area: 1439 sq km
Population: 4,848 million (2010)
Founded in: 1703
Climate: moderate, transitional between moderately continental and moderately marine
Average temperature: +12°C to +24°C in summer -2°C to -12°C in winter,
Area code: +7 (812)
Airports: Pulkovo
Train stations: Baltiysky, Vitebsky, Ladozhsky, Moskovsky, Finlyandsky
Ports: sea terminal (Baltic sea), river terminal (Neva river)
Bus stations: St.Petersburg
Subway: 5 lines; 64 stations
Religious buildings: Orthodox: Sts.Peter and Paul Cathedral, St.Sampson Cathedral, Smolny Cathedral, St.Isaac Cathedral, Kazan Cathedral, Saviour of the Spilled Blood Church, St.Nicholas Naval Cathedral Cathedral, Our Lady of Vladimir Cathedral, St.Andrew Cathedral, St.Prince Vladimir Cathedral, Saviour and Transfiguration Cathedral, Izmailovski Holy Trinity Cathedral, Holy Cross Exaltation Cathedral, Alexander Nevsky Monastery, Holy Trinity St.Sergius Coastal Monastery, Novodevichy Resurrection Convent, St.John Monastery; Catholic: St.Catherine of Alexandria Church, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, St.Stanislaus Church; Lutheran: St.Peter and Paul Church, St.Catherine Church, St.Michael the Archangel Cathedral; Muslim: Cathedral Mosque, Kolomyagi Mosque; Grand Choral Synagogue; Buddhist Temple
Architectural landmarks: Palace Square, Winter Palace, Rostral Columns, Kikin Chambers, Twelve Collegia, Smolny Institute, Anichkov Bridge, Anichkov Palace, Stroganov Palace, Gostiny Dvor, Vorontsovsky Palace, Emperor's Academy of Arts, Tauride Palace, Chesma Palace
Statues and memorials: Peter the Great, Nicholas I, Catherine II, Alexander III, I.Krylov, M. Kutuzov, A.Suvorov, N.Rimsky-Korsakov, A.Pushkin, Alexander Column, Narva Triumphal Gate, Moscow Triumphal Gate, Marsovo Field, Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery, Leningrad Heroic Defenders Monument, Hero-City of Leningrad Needle
Museums: State Hermitage, State Russian Museum, Mikhaylovsky Castle, Peter and Paul Fortress, Yusupovsky Palace, Peter the Great Antropology and Ethnography Museum of RAN (Kunstkamera), Russian Ethnography Museum, Peter the Great House, Erarta Modern Art Museum, Central Naval Museum, Leningrad Defence and Blockade State Memorial Museum, Aurora Cruiser, Elaginoostrovsky Russian Arts and Crafts and Interior of XVIII-XX Century Palace-Museum, Roerich's Family State Institute-Museum, Suvorov State Memorial Museum, Vselennaya Vody Museum Complex, Zoology Museum
House-Museums of: A.Kuindzhi, D.Mendeleev, A.Popov, I.Brodsky, A.Akhmatova, A.Pushkin, I.Pavlov, M.Zoschenko, N.Nekrasov, F.Dostoevsky, F.Nabokov, F.Shalyapin, A.Blok
Theatres: Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre, Russian State Pushkin Academic Drama Theatre (Alexandrinsky Theatre), Mariinsky Theatre, Mikhailovsky Theatre, Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory Opera and Ballet Theatre, Yakobson State Academic Ballet Theatre, Eifman’s State Academic Ballet Theatre, Musical Comedy Theatre, Komissarzhevskaya Academic Drama Theatre, Lensovet Academic Theatre, Akimov Academic Comedy Theatre, Baltic House Theatre-Festival, Na Liteynom State Drama Theatre, Komedianty Drama Theatre, Raykin Estrada Theatre, Priyut Komedianta Drama Theatre, Theatre of Europe Academic Maly Drama Theatre, Na Fontanke State Youth Theatre, Bryantsev Young Spectators’ Theatre, Grand Puppet Theatre
Natural sites and parks: Summer Garden, Kirov Central Culture and Leisure Park, Mikhailovsky Garden, Tavrichesky Garden, Aleksandrovsky Garden, Shuvalovsky Garden, Moscow Victory Park, Coastal Victory Park, BIN RAN Botanical Garden
Expo centres: Lenexpo, Manege
Sports venues and clubs: Petrovsky Stadium (FC Zenit), Ice Sports Palace (HC SKA), Yubileyny Sports Complex (BC Spartak, WBC Spartak, HC VMF, JHC SKA-1946, JHC Serebryanye Lvy), Platonov Volleyball Academy (VC Avtomobilist, WVC Leningradka), Kalinin District Fitness and Health Complex (MFC Politekh), Kirov Stadium (Gazprom-Arena)
Performance sites: Shostakovich Academic Philharmonic Hall, Oktyabrsky Concert Hall, Peterburgsky Sports and Concert Complex, Jazz Music State Philharmonic Hall, Gorky Palace of Culture, Lensovet Palace of Culture, Vyborgsky Palace of Culture, Concert Hall at Finlyandsky Station
Entertainment sites: Grand State Circus, Zoo, Divo Island Amusement Park, Waterville Water Park, Rodeo Drive Water Park
Restaurants of national cuisine: Palkin, Troyka, Russky Ampir, Udachny Vystrel, Russky Kitsch, Yemelyan, Russkaya Ryumochnaya No1
