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Originally Posted by anm

No, there should be no qualifier. It is a vibrant world-class megapolice of 5+ mln people, considered by many one of the most beautiful cities in the world, with rich history standing for no less than Russia becoming an Empire, associated with names such Pushkin and Dostojevskij, Tchajkovskij and Shostakovich, Leonhard Euler and Lomonosov to name a just few, two Revolutions (the latter of which was pivotal event in XXth century history of the whole world), Leningrad blocade, etc. So, despite prevailing attitude of a number of forumers and and provincial mentatlity of some North Americans exemplified by this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juOQhTuzDQ0

this city owns the name "St. Petersburg, no qualifier". From the start, I had considered naming this thread "The St. Petersburg, planet Earth" or possibly "The St. Petersburg", but than decided that this could be potentially provocative, which had not been my intention.

It's nice to know that an addition of one simple word to the topic can set off mindless boosterism and anti-Americanism in some people.