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 died in Saint Petersburg (First 49 people) - Page 19
Sergei Sidelyov
Director
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Kozyrev
Astronomer
Lyudmila Ksenofontova
Actress
Valentina Kovel
Actress
Boris Arakelov
Actor
Ruben Agamirzian
Soviet theatre director
Boris Tishchenko
Russian composer
Vadim Salmanov
Composer
Lev Lipatov
Russian physicist
Georg Magnus Sprengtporten
Finnish-Swedish politician
Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev
Russian general
Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron
French general
Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky
Russian military commander
Joseph Vaks
Russian-Soviet architect
Noi Trotsky
Architect
Nikolai Polevoy
Russian editor
Yury Tyukalov
Russian rower
Leonid Panteleyev
Writer
Ekaterina Beketova
Russian poet
Stanislav Pozhlakov
Russian composer
Leonid Pozen
Sculptor
Nina Fyodorova
Olympic athlete
Orest Miller
Folklorist
Fedir Dyachenko
Sniper
Friedrich Konrad Beilstein
Chemist
Georgiy Teykh
Movie actor
Lev Lemke
Russian actor
Ognjeslav Kostović Stepanović
Serbian inventor
Sava Vladislavich
Diplomat
Nikolai Girenko
Emanuel Schiffers
Russian chess player
Daniel Steibelt
German pianist
Vasily Karatygin
Actor
Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov
Russian library assistant
Leonid Sherwood
Sculptor
Aleksey Gorchakov
General
Vasily Andreyevich Dolgorukov
Russian statesman
Mitrofan Belyayev
Russian musician
Fanny Gordon
Polish composer
Stepan Khotovitsky
Heinrich Friedrich von Storch
German-Russian economist
Vladimir Kastorsky
Opera singer
Antonina Miliukova
Russian composer ‧ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's wife
Alexander Villoing
Russian composer
Leon Orbeli
Armenian physiologist
Grigory Lishin
Russian poet
Pavel Serebryakov
Pianist
