St Petersburg was founded by Tsar Peter the Great and is the second largest city in Russia. Smolnyy (Smolny) cathedral

---

St Petersburg, formerly known respectively as Petrograd and Leningrad is the second largest city in Russia. Founded by Tsar Peter the Great, it lies on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea.

---

Size: 3657px × 5000px
Location: St Petersburg, Russia
Photo credit: © John Heseltine / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: art, baltic, baroque, blue, cathedral, catherine, city, culture, finland, great, gulf, heritage, leningrad, monastery, neva, peter, petersburg, petrograd, port, revolution, river, russia, saint, sea, seaport, siege, smolny, smolnyy, tsar, unesco, white, world