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St. Pe·ters·burg [ saynt ptərz bùrg ]
1. second largest city in Russia, located in the northwestern part of the country. Situated at the head of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea, it is also the country's largest port. It was the capital of Russia from 1712 until 1918.
Population: 4,596,000 (2005 estimate).
Former name Petrograd 1914-1924Leningrad 1924-1990
2. city in western Florida, located on Pinellas Peninsula between Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
Population: 248,098 (2006).
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