“Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It’s about impact, influence and inspiration.”

Robin Sharma

 

When Peter the First, decided to create a modern European-like city in Russia, no one understood his project.  The Czar went to Western Europe, disguised as a commoner, learned about the sciences and techniques that would usher Russia into the modern world.

 

In 1703, he started Saint Petersburg at the site of Peter and Paul Fortress.  In 1712, the city became the capital of Russia; it will remain so until March 5, 1918.  Curiously enough, Alexander II russianized the city’s name as Petrograd to do away with the German prefix and suffix, at a time when the German were preparing to attack the city.

 

Five days after Lenin died in 1924, Stalin changed the city’s name to Leningrad.  In 1991, upon the demise of the Soviet Union, Saint Petersburg took back its original name…

 

Historical snippets always mention Bloody Sunday, under Nicolas II, when hundreds were killed during a peaceful protest.  During WWII, Saint Petersburg was besieged by the Germans for 872 days. One third of the population died from famine and disease. Another third fled the city.  But it never fell to the Germans.  After the war, it was awarded the Russian Prize of Heroic City.

 

Saint Petersburg (Piter for the Russians) has met its destiny.  It matches the splendor of Europe and provides to Russia the naval access needed to the Baltic Sea, in order to maintain a competitive marine force.

 

Saint Petersburg measures 6.8 square miles. It is made of 33 islands (not including the 9-island Kronstadt Archipelago) all connected by 342 bridges, 21 of them are drawbridges.  Its estimated population is 6.2 million. The weather is usually raining and cold, but not as bad as Moscow’s. During the summer, the sun hardly ever sets (white nights).

 

It is the cultural capital of Russia. Its ports of call, its numerous modern venues, magnificent monuments, its inspiring history makes it a tourist magnet, visited by 7.0 million every year. Night life is exciting and affordable. The people are educated and engaging.

 

Here are a few points of interest in Saint Petersburg:

Peter and Paul Fortress, its umbilical chord.

The Hermitage Museum, with 3 million pieces of art.
The Church of Spilled Blood.

Saint Isaac Cathedral with a dome covered by 100 kg of pure gold.

The Bronze Horseman on the Thunder Stone.

The Sphinxes.

The Lider Tower, 145-meter tall.

The rostral columns, as celebrations for the naval victories.

The Saint Petersburg Stadium, in the form of a space ship.

 

 

…………………..

 

Today, we had lunch at Palkin Restaurant.  Good place. Good food.

 

Tonight, at the Saint Petersburg Stadium, we attended from the FIFA Lounge … to the last-minute victory of Aregntina over Nigeria (2-1). Messi and his teammates are thereby qualified in extremis.

In the simultaneous match-up, the already qualified Croatia defeated Iceland by 1-0.

 

 

From the Courtyard Marriott, this is the Traveller reporting from Saint Petersburg, capital of former Imperial Russia…

 

(Odler Robert Jeanlouie, Tuesday June 26, 2018)

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