St. Peterburg

Maps on our site:

• 1717, Nicolas de Fer
  
  
• 1731, J.B. Homann
  
  
• 1737, Anonymous
  
  
• 1744, George Matthaus Seutter
  
  
• late 18 c., Reduction of 1753 map of the Academy of Sciences
  
  
• 1834, the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
  
  
• 1900, Brockhaus-Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary maps:
  
  
  • St. Peterburg development, part I
    
    
  • St. Peterburg development, part II
    
    
  • Annual house rent by districts
    
    
  • Mortality rate by districts 1886-1895
    
    
  • St. Peterburg floods
  
  
  

Located on Gulf of Finland; was important cultural center since 18th cen.; center of Russian Revolution 1917-1918; threatened by Hitler 1941-42; nation's center for production of machinery & armaments; noted for 18th-cen. Winter Palace & Hermitage Museum.

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