Birthday of St. Petersburg: date, events, history

St. Petersburg is a beautiful city on the shores of the Gulf of Finland, in which the cultural and economic life of the country is concentrated. It is famous for its rich history, architecture, sights, a special atmosphere and mostly educated cultural inhabitants.

This city, like most cities in Russia, the CIS countries, Europe and America, has its own holiday - the birthday of St. Petersburg, which falls at the end of May, to be exact, on the 27th.

The emergence of St. Petersburg

The history of St. Petersburg begins at the beginning of the XVIII century, when Peter I laid the first stones of the new settlement on the lands reclaimed from the Swedes. The year of the founding of Northern Palmyra is considered to be 1703, when the fortress of St Peter-Burkh (in honor of Saints Peter and Paul) was built, designed personally by the tsar.

The city began to grow rapidly from the side that is now called the Petrogradskaya. At the end of the year a temple was built, which was called Troitsky, and the square on which it stood was the first port of the new city.

St. Peter-Burkh stood on Zaychiy Island, connecting with the new city island with the help of a lifting bridge. Houses and buildings began to expand and occupy first the other side of the river, and then Vasilievsky Island.

Moving the capital to St. Petersburg

Since 1712, the royal court, and then most of the official institutions began to move from Moscow to St. Petersburg, this is how the city began to be called since 1720. At the beginning of the First World War it was renamed Petrograd, in 1917 he also met with this name. Well, in Soviet times, the city was called Leningrad.

For almost two hundred years, St. Petersburg was the capital of the Russian Empire.

The history of St. Petersburg includes a number of significant events for the whole country, including several revolutions:

• The uprising of the Decembrists, held in 1825;
• The Great October Revolution, which Petrograd saw then;
• 1917 was also marked by the February revolution.

Therefore, St. Petersburg bears the unofficial name of the city of three revolutions.

During the Great Patriotic War, he stood the gravest blockade, in honor of which in 1945 he was called a hero city.

May 8, 1965 for the heroism and courage of its residents who showed themselves in the struggle for freedom of the motherland in the Great Patriotic War, Leningrad was awarded the Order of Lenin and the medal "Gold Star", he was awarded the official title of "Hero City".

Sights of the northern capital

St. Petersburg is famous for the most beautiful architectural buildings of the 18th-19th centuries, which they managed to preserve and restore, with their parks and fountains, cozy public gardens and wide embankments.

The most significant ensembles of architecture include the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, Nevsky Prospekt, Peterhof, Peter and Paul Fortress, Smolny Institute, Strelka Vasilievsky Island, Palace Square, Winter Palace, Admiralty, St. Isaac's Cathedral.

There are a lot of beautiful bridges in the city. The architecture of each of them is unique, but with the image of the city is connected the Palace drawbridge of cast iron, which connects the two banks of the Neva and connects Vasilievsky Island with the main part of the city.

Also, the first equestrian monument to the Russian Tsar, the Bronze Horseman, is world-famous. By the way, once a year - on the birthday of St. Petersburg - it is washed. This action is carried out by specialists together with several volunteers, which are determined by the results of the quiz on the knowledge of the history of the city.

The city is also famous for a variety of museums, the most famous of which are: the Hermitage, the Central Naval Museum, the Russian Museum, and the Kunstkamera.

Business card of the city

Speaking of St. Petersburg, it is impossible not to remember about the white nights and the breeding of bridges. It is these two phenomena that attract tourists from all over the world to visit the city on the Neva.

After all, a truly impressive, magical spectacle is the raising of several parts of the bridge, illuminated by bright lights, against the background of the twilight sky reflected in the water of the Neva, along which the ship slowly sails. This phenomenon casts a romantic, mysterious mood on his witnesses, inspiring him for romantic deeds and suggestions.

When are they celebrating this year?

Residents of the northern capital honor traditions and love cultural events, so the festive program, as usual, will be very diverse and take place during two days off - Saturday and Sunday.

St. Petersburg The city celebrates 314 times already, and although this is not an anniversary, 27 and 28 of the last month of spring will have many festivals and entertainment programs for residents and visitors of the city. The organizers of the festival tried to diversify the activities so that everyone could choose the entertainment to their taste. There will be programs for children and adults, so you can come with the whole family.

Festive program for May 27

The birthday of St. Petersburg will begin to celebrate at 10.00 on Haymarket Square, where flowers are laid to the monument to Peter the Great.

An hour and a half will be the solemn ceremony in the Peter and Paul Fortress.

According to the tradition, the birthday of St. Petersburg can not pass without an ice cream festival on Ostrovsky Square, which starts at 11.00 and ends around 21.00.

At noon it will be possible to lay flowers to the tomb of Peter the Great in the Peter and Paul Cathedral.

The annual inclusion of fountains in the Summer Garden of Peterhof will also be held on this day, from 12.00 to 18.00.

An interesting event that will take place at the Spit of Vasilievsky Island and become a symbol of our country is the Bal of nationalities. View and even participate in it will be from one in the afternoon to five in the evening.

At 18.00 in the Mariinsky Theater will begin a charity concert of E. N. Artemyev, it will be attended by the stars of Russian rock and classical opera music.

In the evening (at 21.00) on the Palace Square a gala concert starts, the entrance to which will be completely free. There you can hear the music of Verdi, Strauss, Mozart, Rossini, Puccini in the performance of the Mikhailovsky Theater Symphony Orchestra.

At 22:00 the birthday of St. Petersburg will be completed with a big salute with music on the Spit of Vasilievsky Island.

Birthday of St. Petersburg: events for May 28

On this day in parallel with the celebration of the City Day, will be honored SKA - hockey club, which won in the Russian championship. On the Palace Square will be awarded the Gagarin Cup.

Also at the Manege Square you can see the performance of military ensembles.

Starting from 11.00 in the Summer Garden will be an open plein air of artists called "I paint Petersburg".

To confess your love to your loved one will be possible not only with the help of brushes and paints, but also with small pieces in your hand: the festival of asphalt drawings "Petersburg childhood" will begin at the same time, only in the South Primorsky Park.

At 15.00 Palace Square will greet the honorary citizens of St. Petersburg in the roller-race under the same name.

In the Alexandrovsky park about 14.00 the Cossack festival which will be devoted to such event as Birthday of St.-Petersburg will begin.

On Saturday and Sunday there will already be a traditional Tulip Festival, which, in connection with the expected rains, will take place in the park named after Kirov. The festival of tulips is a long-awaited spring holiday, filling with bright colors and a pleasant aroma the territory on which passes, inspiring the optimism of all those who visited St. Petersburg.

Day of the city is truly an event that unites people, inspiring a sense of admiration and pride.