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St. Petersburg is well ahead of the other regions of North-West Federal Region by the basic indices of social and economic development, especially in civil construction and trade.

Over the last years St. Petersburg made serious progress in the improvement of the municipal laws, improvement of the City territory, strengthening of the City position as one of the large centres of the European Baltic region.

A lot has been done for the development of the transport complex, improvement of the industry structure, attracting tourists, and culture development. All these actions make the basis of the steady economic growth in the next years.

The Government of St. Petersburg represented by the Committee for Economic Development, Industrial Policy and Trade is happy to welcome you on the pages of the Business Support Structure in St. Petersburg Government Site. St. Petersburg is a strong leader in the ratings of the most investment-attractive regions of Russia. Its great intellectual, scientific and personnel potential and stable development in the previous years allow us to say that the city has comfortable atmosphere for business start-up and development. The Government of the city is trying to encourage economic growth and assist business community in the solution of problems.

• to develop city infrastructure;
• to eliminate administrative barriers for the implementation of economic initiatives;
• to create favorable legislative atmosphere for business;
• to ensure access to information required for business activities.

• 131 Group of the Moscow Patriarchy, including:
  The Russian Orthodox Church (129 groups)
  The Russian Orthodox Unitary Church (1 parish)
  The Georgian Orthodox Church (1 parish)
• Old Believers churches
• 2 parishes of the Armenian Apostle Church
• 7 parishes of the Roman Catholic Church
• 19 groups of Evangelical Lutheran Church
• 3 Muslim groups
• 5 Buddhists groups
• 9 Judaic groups
• 13 groups of Evangelical Baptist Christians
• 6 parishes of the Church of the Seventh-Day Adventists
• 1 group of the Salvation Army
• 23 groups of Pentecostal Denomination
• 2 groups of Jehovah Witnesses
• 2 groups of Mormons
• The Anglican Church
• The Reformed Church
• The Dutch Reformed Church
  and others.

There are 229 cultural buildings and structures that are utilized or owned by religions organizations (including built or under construction) St. Petersburg’s churches are among its most admired attractions.

According to the UN rating, St. Petersburg occupies the eighth place in the list of the most attractive cities in the world for tourism. Its unique architecture, historical monuments and museums account for the world fame of St. Petersburg. These include the Hermitage, the Russian Museum, the Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts, as well as the Mariinsky Theater, the Academy of the Russian Ballet, the Philharmony, the University, the Russian National Library, the Pushkin House, and the parks and palaces of Peterhof, Tsarsoe Selo, and Pavlovsk.

• over 2.6 million international guests
• over 800,000 Russian tourists

• over 200 sea cruise boats
• over 150,000 sea cruise tourists
• over 450 river cruise boats
• around 250,000 river cruise tourists
• the average term of tourists staying in the city is 2.7 days
• over 3 million overnight stays annually

• 133 facilities accommodating around 30,000 people, including:
  5 first-class apartments, including the Grand Hotel Europe, Nevsky Palace, and Astoria
  43 medium-class apartments
  43 economy-class apartments
  42 departmental apartments
  43 sanatorium-resort facilities accommodating 13,000 people

• Already in the end of the 19th century, St. Petersburg became the largest in Russia and one of the most important industrial, credit and stock exchange centers in Europe. In 1913 there were 1, 012 large and medium-scale industrial firms with 234,000 employees.
• After the government of the country moved to Moscow in 1918, the Northern Capital became the second most important city in Russia.
• For the past several years, however, St. Petersburg has been actively restoring its former role of the wide-open "gateway" of Russia to the outer world.
• St. Petersburg, which is located in the center of the intersection of sea, river, and land routes, is the European gateway of Russia and its strategic center, the closest point to the countries of the European Community.
• St. Petersburg is the administrative center of the Northwest Federal District that includes the Republic of Karelia, the Republic of Komi, the Arkhangelsk Region, the Vologda Region, the Kaliningrad Region, the Leningrad Region, the Murmansk Region, the Novgorod Region, the Pskov Region, and the Nenetsk Autonomous District.
• The Northwest Federal District has significant natural resources, a well-developed industry, and a high-density transport network. Through the seaports of the Baltic and the Arctic Ocean, St. Petersburg provides the connection of the Russian Federation with the outer world.
• St. Petersburg is the second largest (after Moscow) city in the Russian Federation. The area of the city is 606 km², if counted with the closes environs located in the lowland close to the Neva and along the Gulf, the total area is 1,439 km². The geographic coordinates of the center of the city are 59º57' North latitude and 30º19' East longitude.
• One of nicknames of St. Petersburg is the Northern Venice. Internal waters occupy about ten per cent of its territory.
• Above all, St. Petersburg is known for its rivers, canals, and bridges. Here are some fascinating, facts about St. Petersburg and its waterways.

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