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ID: 7010273
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Record Type: administrative |
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Saint Petersburg (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 59 53 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 59.8833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 030 15 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 30.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Gulf of Finland; was important cultural center since 18th century; center of Russian Revolution 1917-1918; threatened by Hitler 1941-1942; nation's center for production of machinery and armaments; noted for 18th-century Winter Palace and Hermitage Museum. |
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| Sankt-Peterburg (preferred,B,V)
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............ | 18th century-1914, reinstated in 1991 |
| Saint Petersburg (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Saint Petersbourg (C,O,French,U,N)
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| St. Petersburg (C,O)
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| Leningrad (H,V)
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............ | from 1924-1991 |
| Leningrado (H,O)
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| Petrograd (H,V)
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............ | used between 1914 & 1923 |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled ca. 8th cen. |
| city (C) |
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founded by Peter the Great in 1703 |
| regional capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| cultural center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| weapons production center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of the Russian Empire from 1712-1918 |
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