[108] The largest of the public higher education institutions is Saint Petersburg State University, enrolling approximately 32,000 undergraduate students; and the largest non-governmental higher education institutions is the Institute of International Economic Relations, Economics, and Law. By then the city had fallen under the control of a number of organized criminal groups such as Tambov Gang, Malyshev Gang, Kazan Gang, and ethnic criminal groups, engaged in racket, extortion, paying off local government and violent clashes with each other. Time-lapse video of St. Petersburg, Russia. [128] On the other hand, some media reported that in recent years there had been a notable increase in racially motivated violence, in particular towards foreign students. The Winter Palace faces Palace Square, the city's main square with the Alexander Column. [10][11] As an important Russian port on the Baltic Sea, it is governed as a federal city. [63] From 1941 to the end of 1943, population dropped from 3 million to less than 600,000, as people died in battles, starved to death or were evacuated during the Siege of Leningrad. Abbeville Press, 1996. Contemporary Petersburg ballet is made up not only of traditional Russian classical school, but also ballets by those like Boris Eifman, who expanded the scope of strict classical Russian ballet to almost unimaginable limits. In 2000 Yakovlev won re-election. It also contains the Tikhvin Cemetery with graves of many notable Petersburgers. In 1736–1737 the city suffered from catastrophic fires. From December to March there are 118 days average with snow cover, which reaches an average snow depth of 19 cm (7.5 in) by February. Due to its northerly location at ca. "В первом полугодии продолжалось умеренное повышение числа рождений", Основные показатели социально-демографической ситуации в Санкт-Петербурге, "Пандемия COVID-19 привела к падению рождаемости в Петербурге", "Arena: Atlas of Religions and Nationalities in Russia", "The Constitution of the Russian federation", "Russian source: Charter of Saint Petersburg City", "Федеральный закон от 02.05.2012 N 40-ФЗ "О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об общих принципах организации законодательных (представительных) и исполнительных органов государственной власти субъектов Российской Федерации" и Федеральный закон "Об основных гарантиях избирательных прав и права на участие в референдуме граждан Российской Федерации, "Закон Санкт-Петербурга от 26.06.2012 N 339-59", "Official website of the Northwestern Federal District (Russian)", "О территориальном устройстве Санкт-Петербурга", "ЗАО "Терра-Нова" | Крупнейший в Европе проект по образованию и комплексному развитию территории в западной части Васильевского острова Санкт-Петербурга", Russian Standard Vodka Ranked 4th Fastest Growing Premium Spirits Brand Worldwide, "Budget of Saint Petersburg (Russian document)", "Валовой региональный продукт по субъектам Российской Федерации в 1998–2016гг. [41] This dramatic time was depicted in photographic series of Russian photographer Alexey Titarenko. With a population of roughly 5.4 million inhabitants,[9] it is the fourth-most populous city in Europe, the most-populous city on the Baltic Sea, as well as the northernmost metropolis in Europe and the world. St. Petersburg is a great city for sightseeing, with an abundance of art-filled galleries and brilliant architecture to explore. The art of famous and prominent Saint Petersburg dancers like Rudolf Nureyev, Natalia Makarova, Mikhail Baryshnikov was, and is, admired throughout the world. But four years later, in 1732, under Empress Anna of Russia, Saint Petersburg was again designated as the capital of the Russian Empire.

The Siege of Leningrad proved one of the longest, most destructive, and most lethal sieges of a major city in modern history. For two centuries (1712–1918) it was the capital of the Russian Empire. Some upper-class St. Petersburg residents also have summer cottages, or dachas, in this area.

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