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 86
Alexander von Rosen
Military officer
Grigory Petrovich Volkonsky
Diplomat
Alexandr Mikhailovich Potemkin
Nikolai Michailowitsch Tschitschagow
Military personnel
Alexandra Andreevna Dietrichstein
Ferdinand Morawitz
Russian entomologist
Vera Zavadovskaya
Courtier ‧ Pyotr Zavadovsky's wife
Sergey Savvich Yakovlev
Savva Yakovlev's son
Anatoly Orlov-Davydov
Military officer ‧ Vladimir Orlov-Davydov's son
Aleksandr Obolensky
Politician
Yelena Lyukshinova
Actress
Pavel Gaideburov
Actor
Andrey Lopukhov
Ballet dancer
Evgeniya Lopukhova
Ballet dancer
G. B. Bokij
Author
Nicola Maresca Donnorso di Serracapriola
Politician ‧ Antonino Maresca's son
Yelena Zavadovskaya
Vladimir Lamanskiy
Scientist
Vladimīr Ivanovich Lamanskīĭ
Historian
Modest Bakunin
Yekaterina Bakunina
Russian nurse
Loggin Golenishchev-Kutuzov
Military officer ‧ Ivan Golenitschev-Kutuzov's son
Praskovya Bakunina
Poet
Agostino Maria Shuvalov
Military personnel
Alexandra Orr
Biographer
Wanda Chmielowska
Polish pianist
Natalya Volkova
Painter
Nikolay von Bünting
Tola Dorian
French poet
Elisabeth Bagréeff-Speransky
Writer ‧ Mikhail Speransky's daughter
Elisabeth Michaelsen
Maximilian von Nieroth
Alexander Alexandrowitsch Drenteln
Alexander Drenteln's son
Catherine Alexandrovna Davydova
Pyotr Chicherin
General
graf Evgraf Fedotovich Komarovskiĭ
Biographer
Daniil Parkman
Georgian figure skater
Pavel Vladimirovich Bezobrazov
Philosopher ‧ Vladimir Bezobrazov's son
Ekaterina Vasiljeva
Russian actress
Olga von Sivers
Alexander Starck
Military personnel
Aleksandr Obolonsky
Vasily Apraksin
Maria Orbeli
Soviet physicist ‧ Leon Orbeli's daughter
Rusudana Orbeli
Orientalist ‧ Ruben Orbeli's daughter
Maria Karlovna Benois
Pianist
Liza Alexandrova-Zorina
Russian author