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 22
Aleksandr Abramovich Khazin
Soviet writer
Alexander Armfelt
Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt's son
Alexander Brullov
Russian artist
Alexander Kemurdzhian
Scientist
Alexander MikhailovskyDanilevsky
Russian military historian
Alexander Taneyev
Russian composer
Alexandra Andreyevna d'Assier
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's mother
Alexey Troitsky
Chess composer
Alexey Olenin
Russian archaeologist
Alfred Parland
Russian architect
Anatoliy Podshivalov
Actor
Anatoliy Granik
Film director
Anatoly Korolkevich
Actor
Anatoli Stolbov
Actor
Albert Zabel
German harpist
Andrei Sychra
Russian guitarist
AugusteJoseph Desarnod
French engraver
Boris Borisovich Golitsyn
Russian physicist
Boris Shtokolov
Russian-Soviet singer
Česlovas Sasnauskas
Lithuanian composer
Daniel Gottlieb Messerschmidt
German physician
Dmitri BantyshKamensky
Russian statesman
Evgeny Chuprun
Painter
Georg Gsell
Swiss painter
George Pomutz
American general
German Tatarinov
Russian painter
Gleb Savinov
Russian painter
Grigori Sandler
Soviet conductor
Heinrich Soussmann
Hennadiy Popovych
Ukrainian footballer
Ieronim Yasinsky
Novelist
Igor Chernat
Igor Ivanovich Fomin
Architect
Igor M. Diakonoff
Russian historian
Ilya Petrovich Tchaikovsky
Russian engineer
Inna Zubkovskaya
Russian ballerina
Ivan Dzerzhinsky
Russian composer
Apolinary Wnukowski
Nathan Altman
Artist
Nikolai Puchkov
Ice hockey player
Nikolai Beleloubski
Civil engineer
Nikolay Sokolov
Composer
Nikolay Mordvinov
Former Navy Minister of Imperial Russia
Nina Veselova
Painter
Oleg Lomakin
Russian-Soviet painter
Olga Fedchenko
Russian botanist
Olga Chyumina
Russian poet
