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About St. Petersburg, Russia St Petersburg is the economic center of Russia. The city's specialty is the oil and gas trade as well as shipbuilding, heavy machinery and transport. According to City Government "Over the last few years in St. Petersburg there has been created a developed infrastructure of the regional financial market in Russia, which is the second largest after Moscow". Figures published by Doing Business in St Petersburg (the SME Business Portal) show that in 2006 the workforce was just short of 2.5 million. St Petersburg is home to a large number of universities, academies and institutes of higher education, ensuring a steady flow of highly skilled workers into the St Petersburg economy. With the city being a main transport zone, with a network of public transportations, including buses, trams and trolleybuses. Buses carry somewhere in the region of 3 million passengers, everyday, the railway has four lines and sixty stations carrying up to 2.8 million passengers. 2008 sees the 5th metro line being introduced. This is Russia’s second largest underground system as well as the most cheapest and effective way to get around the city. St Petersburg is said to be the city of palaces, with temples and cathedrals, monuments and sculptures, museums and many popular sites. With more than fifty theatres, St Petersburg is well known for its high-quality cultural life and for visitors to the city here are many things to do in the evenings such as music, dance, circus and opera as well as many clubs to visit. Other Major Cities:
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