Saint Petersburg
St. Petersburg is a Russian port city on the Baltic Sea. It was the imperial capital for 2 centuries, having been founded in 1703 by Peter the Great, subject of the city's iconic “Bronze Horseman” statue. It remains Russia's cultural center, with venues such as the Mariinsky Theatre hosting opera and ballet, and the State Russian Museum showcasing Russian art, from Orthodox icon paintings to Kandinsky works. ― Google
People born in Saint Petersburg (First 49 people) - Page 13
Leon Max
Andrei Bitov
Writer
Galina Vishnevskaya
Russian opera singer
Arthur Friedheim
Russian pianist
Vladimir Fedoseyev
Soviet-Russian conductor
Vlady Kibalchich Rusakov
Mexican-Russian painter
Galina Zybina
Soviet olympic athlete
Sascha Schneider
German painter
Polina Leschenko
Musician
Elena Bechke
Figure skater
Maxim Leonidov
Musician
Maria Fyodorovna Andreyeva
Russian-Soviet actress
Andrei Kravchuk
Russian television director
Maria Mukhortova
Figure skater
Igor Gordin
Actor
Elena Valova
Oleg Vasiliev's ex-wife
Lew Kowarski
French physicist
Angelina Beloff
Russian artist
Timur Novikov
Russian visual artist
Sofia Muratova
Olympic athlete
Yana Peel
Businesswoman
Evsei Agron
Justine Kish
American mixed martial artist
Yegor Sorokin
Russian football player
Viktor Vasin
Russian football player
Xenia of Saint Petersburg
Vyacheslav Mirilashvili
Businessperson
Nikolai Durov
Russian software developer
Mikhail Tatarnikov
Russian conductor
Marina Semyonova
Ballerina
Stanislav Lindover
Russian bodybuilder
Aleksandr Fyodorov
Bodybuilder
Ossip Runitsch
Film actor
Ferdinand von Alten
German-Russian actor
Lev Vaidman
Israeli physicist
H. W. Janson
American-Russian professor
Dinara Drukarova
Russian actress
Ludvig Faddeev
Russian mathematician
Dmitri Radchenko
Football player
Julya Rabinowich
Author
Mikhail Petrenko
Opera singer
Marina Kim
Russian television presenter
Anish Giri
Dutch chess grandmaster
Kostia
Musical artist
Maxim Sushinsky
Russian ice hockey player
Yakov Kreizberg
Conductor
Yevgeny Mravinsky
Russian conductor
