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'''SAINT PETERSBURG (Санкт-Петербург)'''
'''SAINT PETERSBURG (Санкт-Петербург)'''


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Federal Subject: Saint Petersburg
Federal Subject: Saint Petersburg


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[[File:stpeters.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]]


====Origin/meaning====
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===Origin/meaning===
The arms were officially granted on May 7, 1780 by decree of the Russian Empress Catherine II. Reinstated on September 6, 1991 by the Presidium of the Leningrad City Soviet of People's Deputies.  
The arms were officially granted on May 7, 1780 by decree of the Russian Empress Catherine II. Reinstated on September 6, 1991 by the Presidium of the Leningrad City Soviet of People's Deputies.  


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St. Petersburg is divided into eighteen city districts, which are in turn subdivided into municipal okrugs, municipal towns, and municipal settlements.<br>
St. Petersburg is divided into eighteen city districts, which are in turn subdivided into municipal okrugs, municipal towns, and municipal settlements.<br>
The following districts and okrugs use arms :
The following districts and okrugs use arms :
*[[Okrug No 7 ]]<br/>
* [[Avtovo]] (Автово)
*[[Piskaryovka]] (Пискарёвка)
* [[Balkansky]] (Балканский)
*[[Grazhdanka]] (Гражданка)
* [[Beloostrov]] (Белоостров)
*[[Ulyanka]] (Ульянка)
* [[Chkalovskoye]] (Чкаловское)  
*[[Avtovo]] (Автово)
* [[Chyornaya rechka]] (Чёрная речка)
*[[Porokhovye]] (Пороховые)
* [[Gorelovo]] (Горелово)
*[[Konstantinovskoye]] ( Константиновское)
* [[Grazhdanka]] (Гражданка)
*[[Gorelovo]] (Горелово)
* [[Kolomyagi]] (Коломяги)
*[[Moskovskaya Zastava]] (Московская Застава)
* [[Konstantinovskoye]] ( Константиновское)
*[[Okkervil]] (Оккервиль)  
* [[Lakhta-Olgino]] (Лахта-Ольгино)
*[[Pravoberezhny]] (Правобережный)
* [[Moskovskaya Zastava]] (Московская Застава)
*[[Vvedensky]] (Введенский)
* [[Okkervil]] (Оккервиль)  
*[[Chkalovskoye]] (Чкаловское)
* [[Okrug No 7 ]]<br/>
*[[Lakhta-Olgino]] (Лахта-Ольгино)
* [[Ozero Dolgoye]] (Озеро Долгое)
*[[Chyornaya rechka]] (Чёрная речка)
* [[Petro-Slavyanka]] (Петро-Славянка)
*[[Ozero Dolgoye]] (Озеро Долгое)
* [[Piskaryovka]] (Пискарёвка)
*[[Kolomyagi]] (Коломяги)
* [[Pontonny]] (Понтонный)
*[[Volkovskoye]] (Волковское)  
* [[Porokhovye]] (Пороховые)
*[[Balkansky]] (Балканский)
* [[Pravoberezhny]] (Правобережный)
*[[Beloostrov]] (Белоостров)
* [[Strelna]] (Стрельна)
*[[Petro-Slavyanka]] (Петро-Славянка)
* [[Tyarlevo]] (Тярлево)
*[[Pontonny]] (Понтонный)
* [[Ulyanka]] (Ульянка)
*[[Strelna]] (Стрельна)
* [[Ust-Izhora]] (Усть-Ижора)
*[[Tyarlevo]] (Тярлево)
* [[Volkovskoye]] (Волковское)  
*[[Ust-Izhora]] (Усть-Ижора)
* [[Vvedensky]] (Введенский)
 
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[[Literature]] : Speransov, 1974; Information send to me by mail.
[[Literature]] : Speransov, 1974; Information send to me by mail.

Revision as of 11:58, 29 March 2023

SAINT PETERSBURG (Санкт-Петербург)

(Founded in 1703 as St. Petersburg until 1914; 1914-1924: Petrograd; 1924-1991: Leningrad; since 1991 St. Petersburg)

Federal Subject: Saint Petersburg

Arms of Saint Petersburg
Official blazon
Russian blazon wanted
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on May 7, 1780 by decree of the Russian Empress Catherine II. Reinstated on September 6, 1991 by the Presidium of the Leningrad City Soviet of People's Deputies.

The arms show in a red field two anchors placed crosswise, their rings downwards with two flukes on the right and four on the left; on the crossing, a gold sceptre mounted vertically with its top in the form of Russian double-headed eagle under the imperial crown.

The arms of the city conveys the idea of the city's founder Peter the Great. The red shield meant to denote the bloody battles, two anchors (different in design) showed that St. Petersburg is both a sea and river port, the gold scepter stood for the new capital of Russia, St. Petersburg.

St. Petersburg is divided into eighteen city districts, which are in turn subdivided into municipal okrugs, municipal towns, and municipal settlements.
The following districts and okrugs use arms :


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Literature : Speransov, 1974; Information send to me by mail.