There were many settlements at the site of the historic centre of Saint Petersburg before it was based.
According to some estimates – about 40, some of which were here before the arrival of the Swedes. Saint Petersburg was named after Apostle Saint Peter and several times was renamed, first to Petrograd, then to Leningrad under the Bolsheviks and with the collapse of the USSR and back to St. Petersburg.
I arrived to the city.
Peter the Great was designing the city as another Amsterdam and Venice, with canals instead of streets. 10% of the city is covered by water. In Venice, there are 400 bridges in St. Petersburg 340. This is why Saint Petersburg is often called “Venice of the North”.
This city is nice from any angle.
This man has everything at hand, hat, bag, shelf and the bible.
From the beginning to the 19th century it was strictly forbidden to smoke on the streets of St. Petersburg. At that time roadways, sidewalks and homes were built of wood, and often because of a thrown cigarette fire would start.
Now city is made of concrete.
Nevsky Prospect is considered to be the warmest part of the city. In the winter the temperature difference between the suburb and the city is 10 °C.
Each house is like a museum.
St. Petersburg metro is the deepest in the world, the average depth of the station is 80 meters. There is no overground stations in the city.
As in Moscow, some of the stations are very beautiful.
Pushkin Town.
At night people are gathering to see the opening of the bridge. The most interesting thing is to see the lampposts remain steady fixed when the bridge opens.
