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St. Petersburg

Proper noun

Meaning

Alternative form of Saint Petersburg
A federal city of Russia, formerly Petrograd and Leningrad

A city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States.

A borough of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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St.-Petersburg

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People often thought Leopold Auer was Russian because he lived in St. Petersburg so long, almost fifty years. György Ligeti

The Fuhrer has decided to raze the city of St. Petersburg from the face of the earth. After the defeat of Soviet Russia there will be not the slightest reason for the future existence of this large city. Walter Warlimont

I am joining the government not from the academic position but from St. Petersburg city council. Anatoly Chubais

There's been historical conflict between China and Russia for well over 1,000 years. ... People forget that the Mongols came all the way to the Baltic Sea and all the way to where St. Petersburg is today ... And the Russians have a good sense of history and they remember that. Tom Clancy

The first time I saw nitroglycerine was in the beginning of the Crimean War. Professor Zinin in St. Petersburg exhibited some to my father and me, and struck some on an anvil to show that only the part touched by the hammer exploded without spreading. Alfred Nobel

If Moscow is the heart of Russia and St. Petersburg is its head, then Kiev is its mother. Russian Proverb

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