English

Alternative forms

• St. Petersburg, St. Petersburgh

Proper noun

Saint Petersburg (Санкт-Петербург Sankt-Peterburg)

Saint Petersburg

1. A major city in Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad, and former capital of Russia (1713–1728, 1732–1918).

Translations

See also

• Sankt-Peterburg

Synonyms

• St. Petersburg
• Petersburg (informal)
• Piter (colloquial)
• Sankt-Peterburg (transliteration)

See also

• Leningrad (historical name of the city, still the name of the surrounding oblast)
• Petrograd