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 28
Mikhail Bezverkhny
Composer
Vadim Shefner
Russian poet
Kornelia Dobkiewiczowa
Polish writer
Marina Gavrilko
Russian actor
Yevgeny Kolobov
Russian conductor
Alex Yermolinsky
American chess player
Sergey Schepkin
American pianist
Stanisław Mackiewicz
Polish writer
Lora Kvint Musician
Composer
Petr Gumennik
Russian figure skater
Polina Kostiukovich
Figure skater
Viktoria Volchkova
Russian figure skating coach
Marina Eltsova
Russian figure skater
Artur Dmitriev Jr.
Russian figure skater
Aleksey Pavlenko
Russian freestyle skier
Dimitri Kirilov
Russian boxer
Vladimir Osokin
Soviet cyclist
Lera Gehner
Russian actor
Alexander Lobanovsky
Musician
Alexander Bronstein
Entrepreneur
Aleksandr Khanov
Soviet actor
Dmitry Ozerkov
Yakov Grot
Translator
Lena Gorelik
German writer
Alexandre Roubtzoff
French painter
Mikhail Kozlovsky
Sculptor
Alexander Beggrov
Painter
Elizaveta Kruglikova
Russian painter
Nikolai Pozdneev
Soviet-Russian painter
Mikhail Scotti
Russian historian
Lev Russov
Soviet-Russian painter
Ivan Akimov
Russian painter
Boris Shamanov
Russian painter
Piotr Vasiliev
Russian painter
Georgy Kovenchuk
Artist
Dmitry Maevsky
Russian painter
Vladimir Gelfreykh
Russian-Soviet architect
Andrey Shilder
Russian painter
Maria de Naglowska
Russian author
Elmar Liitmaa
Musical artist
Benjamin Jekhowsky
French astronomer
Arthur Lourié
Composer
Mikhail Gantvarg Musician
Soloist
Sergey Malov
Russian Violinist
Gennadiy Shatkov
Boxer
Marta Kharitonova
Olympic athlete
Natalya Fisson
Actress
