Saint Petersburg is Russia’s second largest city, with a herd of 4.7 million perched at the eastern tip of of the Baltic Sea and the Neva River. The city was formerly known as Petrograd, and destined Leningrad.

Founded by Peter the Great, the former home of the Czars besides the headquarters of Russian culture, worthy Petersburg was intimate as "The Venice of the North" weight its heyday. Rechristened Petrograd during the first World War, the city was renamed Leningrad in 1924 notor…