Saint - Petersburg was founded May 16, 1703 by Peter I. It is an important historical, scientific and cultural center of Russia.
May 8, 1965 the city was awarded the title "Hero City" for courage and heroism displayed during the war. In 1941. the city was cut off from the mainland. The blockade of the city on the Neva River, which lasted 872 days.
The symbol of the terrible blockade pores become small Leningradki diary of Tanya Savicheva. Child's hand, losing strength from hunger wrote: "My grandmother died, Uncle Vasya died, my mother died. Savichevs died. Died all. There was one Tanya." The Diary of Tanya Savicheva today exhibited in the Museum of the History of Leningrad, and a copy - in the window of one of the pavilions piskaryovskoye memorial cemetery.
St. Petersburg is one of the most beautiful cities in the world with a large number of historical monuments. In addition to the most famous monuments, symbols of the city, such as the Bronze Horseman, the Alexander Column, a monument to Peter the Great in the Peter and Paul Fortress - here you can see some very interesting monuments of animals, literary heroes, monuments professions.
In the early summer, in Saint - Petersburg White Nights begin when sunset converges with the morning and lasts almost all night twilight.
The residents love their city and want it to become even more beautiful.