St. Petersburg

Russia β€’ Eurasia

Primary City: St. Petersburg

Primary State/Province: Saint Petersburg

Primary Language: Russian

Population: 6.3M

GDP: $128B β€’ GDP per capita: $20,456

GAWC Class: 7

Sources: Wikipedia Β· Wikidata

#102

Global Rank

27.8

Power Score

Major Metro

% of Country Score

13.6%


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St. Petersburg metro area

59.93, 30.34
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Sport

Top Team

The single sporting franchise this metro is identified with.

Zenit St. PetersburgFootball/Soccer

From The Team That Wins the City. One pick per metro across 312 metros worldwide.

Walkable Elite Quarters

Neighborhoods that clear the dense, historic, walkable, elite residential test.

From The Last of the Marylebones. A small qualifying set out of the full corpus.

Dimension Breakdown

Value and global rank across all 16 dimensions
World #1Top 5Outside top 5

Sports

Major League Teams/Venues

Football/Soccer β€’ RussiaπŸ‘‘

Zenit St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg β€’ Level: 1

Hockey β€’ Minor/Jr/Int'l Hockey

SKA Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg

Notable Venues2 venues

Football/Soccer

Krestovsky Stadium

St. Petersburg

Hockey

SKA Arena

Saint Petersburg

Other Teams

Other Men’s Teams2 teams

Volleyball β€’ Int'l Volleyball

Dynamo LO

St. Petersburg

Volleyball β€’ Int'l Volleyball

Zenit Saint Petersburg (volleyball)

St. Petersburg

Top Companies

#CompanyValuationType
1Gazprom$37BPublic

Total Market Cap: $37B across 1 companies

Source data as of June 7, 2026 (companiesmarketcap.com)

Cultural Assets

Cultural Events

Notable One-off Events

2013 G-20 Saint Petersburg summit

Petersburg β€’ International Summit

2013 G-20 St. Petersburg summit

St. Petersburg β€’ International Summit

2006 32nd G8 summit

St. Petersburg β€’ International Summit

Siege of Leningrad (1941-44)

Saint Petersburg β€’ Historical Event

October Revolution (1917)

Saint Petersburg β€’ Historical Event

Notable Museums & Landmarks

Museums & Galleries6 items

FabergΓ© Museum

St Petersburg β€’ Art

Russian Museum

St Petersburg β€’ Art

State Hermitage Museum

St Petersburg β€’ Art

Peterhof Palace

St Petersburg β€’ History

State Museum of the History of St Petersburg

St Petersburg β€’ History

Tsarskoe Selo

Pushkin β€’ History

Performing Arts Venues2 items

Mariinsky Concert Hall

St. Petersburg β€’ Concert Hall

Mariinsky Theatre

St. Petersburg β€’ Opera House

Landmarks & Civic1 item

National Library of Russia

Saint Petersburg β€’ Library

Supertall Structures (350m+)1 structure
BuildingCityHeight (m)Year
Lakhta CenterSt Petersburg4622018

Education & Research

Top 2000 Universities5 entries
#356

Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

St. Petersburg, Russia

#578

Saint Petersburg University

St. Petersburg, Russia

#893

St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences

St. Petersburg, Russia

#911

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University

St. Petersburg, Russia

#925

ITMO University

St. Petersburg, Russia

Notable Infrastructure

Airport1 entry

Pulkovo Airport

Saint Petersburg β€’ 2 - Major International

Port2 entries

St Petersburg

St Petersburg β€’ Container

Port ofΒ Saint Petersburg

Port ofΒ Saint Petersburg β€’ Passenger

Military Base1 entry

Baltic Fleet HQ / Admiralty

St. Petersburg β€’ Naval Base

Notable Train Hubs1 entry

Moskovsky Station

St. Petersburg β€’ Intercity Rail Hub

Metro System (73 stations)1 entry

Saint Petersburg Metro

Saint Petersburg β€’ 73 stations

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