Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd, then Leningrad, is a city situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. It is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow. With over 5.3 million inhabitants as of 2018, it is the fourth-most populous city in Europe. An important Russian port on the Baltic Sea, it has a status of a federal subject.The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May [O.S. 16 May] 1703, on the site of a captured Swedish fortress. It served as a capital of the Russian Tsardom and the subsequent Russian Empire from 1713 to 1918. After the October Revolution, the Bolsheviks moved their government to Moscow. Read More
Russia registered 22,320 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 22,660 the day before, taking the overall tally to 6,424,884, the federal response center said on Saturday. ...
Russia registered 22,660 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 23,120 the day before, taking the overall tally to 6,402,564, the federal response center said on Friday. ...
Russia registered 23,120 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, up from 22,589 the day before, taking the overall tally to 6,379,904, the federal response center said on Thursday. ...
Russia registered 22,804 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 23,807 the day before, taking the overall tally to 6,288,677, the federal response center said on Sunday. ...
Russia registered 23,807 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, up from 23,564 the day before, taking the overall tally to 6,265,873, the federal response center said on Saturday. ...
Russia registered 23,564 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, up from 23,270 the day before, taking the overall tally to 6,242,066, the federal response center said on Friday. ...
Greeting the forest department of the state on the occasion of World Tiger Day, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said the state which is known as the 'Tiger State' is not only committed to saving tigers but also to make ...
On the occasion of International Tiger Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India has achieved the target of doubling of tiger population four years ahead of schedule of the Saint Petersburg Declaration on Tiger Conservation. ...
