Saint Petersburg (Russia)

Sankt-Peterburg

Last modified: 2000-01-07 by antonio martins
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Name
    (english): Saint Petersburg city
    (russian, short form): Санкт-Петербург | Sankt-Peterburg
    (russian, long form): Город Федерального Подчинения Санкт-Петербург | Gorod Federalhnogo Podc^inenia^ Sankt-Peterburg
Capital (russian): Санкт-Петербург | Sankt-Peterburg (english): Saint Petersburg
    (former name): Leningrad | Ленинград (1924-199X), Petrograd | Петроград (1914-1924)
Population: 5 004 000 inhabitants in 1992
Status: Federal city (Город Федерального Подчинения | Gorod Federalhnogo Podc^inenia^) within the Russian Federation
Economic region: Northwest
License plate code: 78
Ham radio code: SP
ISO 3166-2 code: SPE
Flag adopted in unkn. date
Coat of arms adopted in unkn. date

Really, though administrative center of Leningrad region is S. Petersburg old name of region conserve now. It's very curiosly. In future possible unification of Region and S. Petersburg in one subject of Russian Federation (now they're different subjects). By the way, when Leningrad was renamed in Sankt-Petersburg, it not was subject of RSFSR (administrative center of region only).
Andrey Yashlawsky, 19 Jan 1999