{"id":3023,"date":"2019-11-07T16:02:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T23:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/?p=3023"},"modified":"2019-11-23T15:52:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T22:52:23","slug":"moscow-and-st-petersburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/moscow-and-st-petersburg","title":{"rendered":"Differences Between Moscow and St Petersburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Moscow vs St Petersburg?<\/h2>\n<p>Or is it: <a href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/saint-petersburg\/tours\/st-petersburg-and-moscow-tours\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">Moscow + St Petersburg<\/a>?<\/p>\n<h3>The competition between St Petersburg and Moscow<a class=\"spoc-f\">\u00a0<\/a> has\u00a0always been a hot topic\u00a0in Russia. Although two capitals (yes, we call St Petersburg &#8211; the Northern capital) suffer from comparison all the time, they have so much in common. Let\u2019s see!<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_38554\"  width=\"1070\" height=\"602\"  data-origwidth=\"1070\" data-origheight=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nKAAEkf1MbU?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2>Moscow vs St Petersburg &#8211; Railway Stations<\/h2>\n<p>If you travel by train, be ready to be amazed by the following: the Leningrad railway station in Moscow is the copy of the Moscow railway station in St. Petersburg. Moreover, the identical twins have two monuments inside the waiting room.\u00a0\u00a0In northern capital it&#8217;s the statue of Lenin, and in Moscow there is the monument to Peter the First.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3030\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3030\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3030\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Leningrad-Railway-station-in-Moscow.jpg\" alt=\"Moscow must-see\" width=\"830\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Leningrad-Railway-station-in-Moscow.jpg 830w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Leningrad-Railway-station-in-Moscow-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Leningrad-Railway-station-in-Moscow-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Leningrad-Railway-station-in-Moscow-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leningrad Railway station in Moscow<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3031\" style=\"width: 1021px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3031\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3031\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Moscow-Railway-station-in-St-Petersburg.-Photo-akuaku.ru_.jpg\" alt=\"St Petersburg must-see\" width=\"1011\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Moscow-Railway-station-in-St-Petersburg.-Photo-akuaku.ru_.jpg 1011w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Moscow-Railway-station-in-St-Petersburg.-Photo-akuaku.ru_-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Moscow-Railway-station-in-St-Petersburg.-Photo-akuaku.ru_-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Moscow-Railway-station-in-St-Petersburg.-Photo-akuaku.ru_-600x399.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1011px) 100vw, 1011px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moscow Railway station in St Petersburg. Photo akuaku.ru<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2>Moscow vs St Petersburg &#8211; Cathedrals<\/h2>\n<p>By the way, not only the railway stations, the main cathedrals in both cities are so\u00a0similar that tourists sometimes do not see the differences between them.<\/p>\n<p>St Basil&#8217;s Cathedral in Moscow (1561) and Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood (1907) in St Petersburg \u00a0Two sisters!\u00a0Still each of them have very different stories to tell. Must see!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3026\" style=\"width: 689px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3026\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3026\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Church-of-Our-Savior-on-Spilled-Blood-in-Moscow.jpg\" alt=\"Moscow Russia\" width=\"679\" height=\"875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Church-of-Our-Savior-on-Spilled-Blood-in-Moscow.jpg 679w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Church-of-Our-Savior-on-Spilled-Blood-in-Moscow-116x150.jpg 116w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Church-of-Our-Savior-on-Spilled-Blood-in-Moscow-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Church-of-Our-Savior-on-Spilled-Blood-in-Moscow-600x773.jpg 600w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Church-of-Our-Savior-on-Spilled-Blood-in-Moscow-596x768.jpg 596w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood in Moscow)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3027\" style=\"width: 587px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3027\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3027\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Church-of-Our-Savior-on-Spilled-Blood-in-St-Petersburg-1-577x1024.jpg\" alt=\"st petersburg russia\" width=\"577\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Church-of-Our-Savior-on-Spilled-Blood-in-St-Petersburg-1-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Church-of-Our-Savior-on-Spilled-Blood-in-St-Petersburg-1-84x150.jpg 84w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Church-of-Our-Savior-on-Spilled-Blood-in-St-Petersburg-1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Church-of-Our-Savior-on-Spilled-Blood-in-St-Petersburg-1-433x768.jpg 433w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Church-of-Our-Savior-on-Spilled-Blood-in-St-Petersburg-1.jpg 584w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3027\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood in St Petersburg (1)<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>St Petersburg &#8211; Cultural Capital<\/h2>\n<p>Saint Petersburg is the most cultural and European city in Russia. It was founded by Peter the Great, who spent lots of years traveling in Europe in order to create the city as much developed as it was\u00a0abroad. The Venice of the North is ta popular\u00a0name of St Petersburg due to the high number of bridges and channels that attract people all around the world to observe the White Nights and the Drawbridges.<\/p>\n<p>The literature lovers will find here the apartments\u00a0of outstanding Russian writers such as Pushkin, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy.<\/p>\n<p>The city where the Russian revolution started and the era of monarchy came to the end\u00a0can be more romantic and beautiful than you could ever imagine! For tourists&#8217;\u00a0convenience Saint Petersburg has more English \u00a0signs that Moscow and waiters in restaurants can speak English and provide the menu in English, French and Spanish. If you\u2019re tired of crowded squares and parks, this city is for you, as it has fewer amounts of citizens and more space for relaxation.<\/p>\n<p>As for architecture, on our <a href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/saint-petersburg\/tours\">St Petersburg tours\u00a0<\/a>there is the prevalence of Renaissance period and Soviet apartments, while Moscow is mostly represented with Soviet and modern architecture.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3028\" style=\"width: 990px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3028\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3028\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMAG5253.jpg\" alt=\"St Petersburg attractions\" width=\"980\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMAG5253.jpg 980w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMAG5253-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMAG5253-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMAG5253-600x359.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bronze Horseman in St Petersburg<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2>Moscow &#8211; Heart of Russia<\/h2>\n<p>Russia\u2019s capital is one of the biggest and most expensive cities in the world.\u00a0It is the city without weekends, each one can go shopping and to the movietheater\u00a0at night, go to hang out on Monday night, and work on holidays. There are 12 millions (only officially) of citizens\u00a0and Moscow is among 10 most populated cities in the world. However, from year to year there is a decline of true Russians.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s difficult to imagine but the extension of all roads in Moscow is 4350 km!<\/p>\n<p>Moscow is gorgeous city as it is dominated by the onion-domed looks. Moscow is a cultural center and home for one of the biggest libraries in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Moscow is not the easiest city in terms of\u00a0navigation for tourists as there are few signs in English in Moscow metro.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3029\" style=\"width: 783px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3029\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3029\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Kazan-Cathedral-in-Moscow.jpg\" alt=\"Moscow attractions\" width=\"773\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Kazan-Cathedral-in-Moscow.jpg 773w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Kazan-Cathedral-in-Moscow-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Kazan-Cathedral-in-Moscow-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Kazan-Cathedral-in-Moscow-600x394.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kazan Cathedral in Moscow<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Interesting facts about Moscow and St Petersburg<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>St Petersburg was renamed for 4 times, while Moscow was never renamed.<\/li>\n<li>Northern Neva is navigable river, and\u00a0Moscow River is not.<\/li>\n<li>St Petersburg greets the people mostly from the Northern cities. Moscow is a destination of Russians from the whole country.<\/li>\n<li>Moscow has more traffic jams during rush hours.<\/li>\n<li>Moscow is the city of brunets, and St Petersburg is the center of blonds.<\/li>\n<li>St Petersburg stands on the plain, Moscow stands on 7 hills.<\/li>\n<li>Moscow has a high level of criminality but you never experience it, because\u00a0the city is full of police officers. Northern city has a great number of seamen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3032\" style=\"width: 596px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3032\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3032\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Moscow-vs-St-Petersburg-.jpg\" alt=\"Visit Russia\" width=\"586\" height=\"980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Moscow-vs-St-Petersburg-.jpg 586w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Moscow-vs-St-Petersburg--90x150.jpg 90w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Moscow-vs-St-Petersburg--179x300.jpg 179w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Moscow-vs-St-Petersburg--459x768.jpg 459w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3032\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moscow vs St Petersburg<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow vs St Petersburg? 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