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 52
Ivan Vladimirovich, Prince Wiazemsky, Count Levachov
Anne Wiazemsky's father
Lou Andreas-Salomé
Russian psychoanalyst
Aleksei Butorin
Vladimir Minin
Russian-Soviet conductor
Ramil Sheydayev (Ramil Şeydayev)
Footballer
Duchess Therese Petrovna of Oldenburg
Evgeni Irshai
Slovak composer
Mark Ivanovich Bashmakov
Russian-Soviet mathematician
Józef Hauke-Bosak
Polish general
Günther Reindorff (Günther . . .
Designer
Grigori Mints
Philosopher
Grand Duchess Natalya Alexeyevna of Russia
Peter II of Russia's sister
Milda Draule
Boris Lurie
American artist
Willem Frederik Wertheim
Dutch-Russian sociologist
Misha Tsiganov
Russian jazz musician
Pavel Svedomsky
Russian painter
Dina Belenkaya
Richard Kaljo
Artist
Andrey Amatuni
Armenian-Soviet physicist
Artem Alekseev
Film actor
Karl Rauchfuss
Russian pediatrician
Richard Breyer
Historian
Robert Meltzer
Russian architect
Alina Khaitlina
Russian poet
Anatoly Rakhlin
Russian-Soviet coach
Andrei AR'ev
Russian-Soviet literary critic
Andriy Vasylyev
Russian-Soviet guitarist
Leonid Ageev
Soviet poet
Gene Freidman
Russian businessman
Andrei Mozalev
Russian figure skater
Vladimir Kurlin
Soviet musical artist
Anastasia Larina
Konstantin Solovyov's wife
Andrei Nagumanov
Russian football player
Anton Vinogradov
Actor
Boris Kolonitsky
Historian
Edgars Tons
Musical artist
Andrey Shabasov
Russian swimmer
Aleksandr Arefyev
Artist
Alexander Tsypkin
Journalist
Oleg Fedorov
Actor
Andrey Zolotukhin
Costume designer
Tatyana Samarina
Actress
Irakly Andronikov
Historian
Leonid Menaker
Film director
Isaak Menaker
Soviet film director
Marik Vos-Lundh
Costume designer