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'''St Petersburg''' (Russian: Санкт-Петербург), the "Northern Capital of [[Russia]]," is the country's second largest city and is located on the River Neva close to the Gulf of [[Finland]]. During the [[Russian Revolution]] the Provisional Government renamed the city as '''Petrograd'''; the [[Soviet]]s then seized power and renamed the city '''Leningrad''' after [[Lenin]] the leader of the [[communism|Bolsheviks]].

'''St Petersburg''' (Russian: Санкт-Петербург), the "Northern Capital of [[Russia]]," is the country's second largest city and is located on the River Neva close to the Gulf of [[Finland]]. During the [[Russian Revolution]] the Provisional Government renamed the city as '''Petrograd'''; the [[Soviet]]s then seized power and renamed the city '''Leningrad''' after [[Lenin]] the leader of the [[communism|Bolsheviks]].

The city's inhabitants generally refer to it as "Petersburg" (without "Saint")<ref>See, for example, Dostoyevsky's ''Crime and Punishment''</ref> or, commonly, simply "Peter".

The city's inhabitants generally refer to it as "Petersburg" (without "Saint")<ref>See, for example, Dostoyevsky's ''Crime and Punishment''</ref> or, commonly, simply "Peter".{{fact}}

==Window on Europe==

==Window on Europe==