Saint Petersburg, Russia - Did You Know?

• SP is often called the "Northern Venice". SP lies on 44 islands compared to Venice's 118.
• SP is one of the largest cities near the North Pole. Due to it's being just six degrees from the North Pole, SP experiences The "White Nights" period from June 11th until July 2nd.
• In the early 1800's smoking was forbidden on city streets. Only in 1865 was smoking again allowed.
• A law enacted in 1857 dictated that houses maybe only as tall as the width of the street that they are on.
• Peter The Great would not permit bridges to be built across the Nova river so that they would not impede shipping traffic. A floating pontoon bridge was the first bridge in SP in 1727.
• The widest bridge in SP is the Blue Bridge, in St. Isaac's Square; it is exactly 100 meters wide.
• The longest bridge in SP is the Nevskiy Bridge, connecting Nevskiy Square with Zanevskiy Prospect; it is almost 1000 meters long and has a center sections which can be raised to allow ships to pass through.
• The first motion picture shown in Russia was shown in SP on May 4th, 1896.* SP is often called the "Northern Venice". SP lies on 44 islands
• compared to Venice's 118.
• SP is one of the largest cities near the North Pole. Due to it's
• being just six degrees from the North Pole, SP experiences The
• "White Nights" period from June 11th until July 2nd.
• In the early 1800's smoking was forbidden on city streets. Only
• in 1865 was smoking again allowed.
• A law enacted in 1857 dictated that houses maybe only as tall as
• the width of the street that they are on.
• Peter The Great would not permit bridges to be built across the
• Nova river so that they would not impede shipping traffic. A
• floating pontoon bridge was the first bridge in SP in 1727.
• The widest bridge in SP is the Blue Bridge, in St. Isaac's
• Square; it is exactly 100 meters wide.
• The longest bridge in SP is the Nevskiy Bridge, connecting
• Nevskiy Square with Zanevskiy Prospect; it is almost 1000 meters
• long and has a center sections which can be raised to allow
• ships to pass through.
• The first motion picture shown in Russia was shown in SP on May
• 4th, 1896.