St. Petersburg
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Formerly Leningrad. Petrograd. a seaport in NW Russian Federation in Europe, in the Gulf of Finland, off the Baltic Sea: founded 1703 by Peter the Great; capital of the Russian Empire (1712-1917).
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a city in W Florida, on Tampa Bay.
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Home for many retired persons from colder northern areas.
A popular winter resort.
Example Sentences
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When a Russian diplomat invited her to the court of Czar Alexander III, Kate packed her two boys, aged six and eight, and traveled to St. Petersburg.
From Literature
In 1892, the Finnish Art Society sent her to St. Petersburg, Russia, to paint copies of works in the Hermitage and then, in 1894, to Vienna and Florence to copy old masters.
Living far from his family, Clay embarked on a louche bachelor existence in St. Petersburg and hunted investment opportunities.
By 2014, urgent care clinics and hospitals were plentiful enough in large cities like St. Petersburg and Moscow, but many were exorbitantly expensive, even for young Americans like me.
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Soon, he teamed up with Gennady Timchenko, a former Soviet trade official who knew Putin from St. Petersburg, where the future president worked in the mayoralty.
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