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 36
Anastasia Yeshchenko
Wacław Żyliński
Aleksandr Aksinin
Olympic athlete
Ivan Spassky
Historian
Lydia Zinovieva-Annibal
Prose writer
Nikolai Ivanovich Kareev
Yevgeni Yakovlev
Military officer
Andrei Mikhailov
Architect
Yuliya Platonova
Music performer
Aleksandr Brodsky
Teacher
Andrey Panov
Musician
Anton Legashov
Painter
Semen Zhivago
Painter
Edward Kotłubaj
Historian
Dmitry Konstantinovich Zelenin
Russian linguist
Praskovya Myatleva
Viktor Sokolov
Director
Viktor Chekmaryov
Actor
Roman Gromadskiy
Russian theater actor
Carl Theodor Неrmann
Russian economist
Dmitriy Bibikov
Boris Shturmer
Former Prime Minister of Russia
Vladimir Krantz
Russian painter
Anna Kostrova
Russian painter
Viktor Volin
Production designer
Evgeny Levinson
Designer
Alexey Zazerskiy
Architect
Yelizaveta Beketova
Translator
Bestuzhev Alexander Fedoseevich
Mikhail Alexandrovich Bestuzhev's father
Nino, Princess of Mingrelia
George XII of Georgia's daughter
Andreas Eberhard von Budberg
Former Foreign Minister of the Russian Empire
Boris Freedericksz
Carl Anton von Meyer
Botanist
August Wesley
Finnish journalist
Johann Eberhard Fischer
Historian
Johann Caspar Taubert
Librarian
Yakov Baklanov
Military officer
Dmitri Bortnyansky
Russian composer
Ivan Myatlev
Poet
Artur Nepokoychitsky
Military leader
Georgy Portnov
Composer
Yelena Yunger
Actress
Tamara Sezenevskaya
Actress
Aleksandr Anisimov
Film actor
Yuri Klepikov
Russian screenwriter
Nikolai Danilov
General
Нина Викторовна Дулькевич
Soviet singer
