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Санкт-Петербург, в прошлом Ленинград, является вторым по величине городом России.
   
[sanktpitirboork, f proshlam liningrat, yivl'aitsa ftarim pa vilichin'e goradam rasii]
Saint Petersburg, formerly Leningrad, is Russia's second largest city.
Санкт-Петербург — главный российский порт и один из ведущих индустриальных и культурных центров в мире.
   
[sanktpitirboork glavniy rasiyskiy port i adin iz vidooschih indoostrial'nih i kool'toornih tsentraf v mir'e]
St. Petersburg is a major Russian port and one of the world's leading industrial and cultural centres.
Город расположен на болотистой местности, где река Нева впадает в Финский залив.
   
[gorat raspalojin na balotistay m'esnasti, gd'e rika niva fpadait f finskiy zalif]
The city lies on a marshy lowland where the Neva River empties into the Gulf of Finland.
Центр Санкт-Петербурга находится на южном берегу Невы.
   
[tsentr sanktpitirboorga nahoditsa na yoojnam birigoo nivi]
The centre of St. Petersburg is on the southern bank of the Neva.
Эта территория включает главный деловой район и большинство1 известных2 зданий Санкт-Петербурга.
   
[eta tiritoriya fklyoochait glavniy dilavoy rayon i bal'shinstvo izv'esnih zdaniy sanktpitirboorga]
This area includes the main business district and most of St. Petersburg's famous buildings.
Здесь3 находятся исторический Зимний Дворец (теперь музей Эрмитаж), здание Адмиралтейства, собор Святого Исаака Далматинского4.
   
[z'd'es' nahod'atsa istarichiskiy zimniy dvar'ets, tip'er' mooz'ey irmitash, zdaniye admiralt'eystva, sabor svitova isaaka dalmatinskava]
Here you can see the historic Winter Palace (now the Hermitage Museum), the General Staff Building, Cathedral of St. Isaac of Dalmatia.
Петропавловская крепость является самым старым зданием в Санкт-Петербурге.
   
[pitrapavlafskaya kr'epas't' yivl'aitsa samim starim zdaniyem f sankpitirboorg'e]
The Peter and Paul Fortress is the oldest building in St. Petersburg.
Центр города окружён старыми жилыми1 территориями с каменными или кирпичными жилыми1 домами.
   
[tsentr gorada akroojon starimi jilimi tiritoriyami s kaminimi ili kirpichnimi jilimi damami]
The centre of St. Petersburg is surrounded by old residential areas that have stone or brick apartment buildings.
Около предместий города расположены5 тысячи современных жилых1 домов.
   
[okala pridm'es'tiy gorada raspalojini tisichi savrim'enih jilih damof]
Near the outskirts of the city there are thousands of modern apartment buildings.
Западная часть Санкт-Петербурга — главный промышленный район города.
   
[zapadnaya chas't' sanktpitirboorga glavniy pramishliniy rayon gorada]
The western section of St. Petersburg is the chief industrial district of the city.

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1 if the letter и occurs after the letters ш and ж, it is read as [i]

2 the combination of letters стн is read as [sn], i.e. the letter т is not read

3 the letter з denotes the soft sound [z'] when it occurs before the letter д meaning the soft sound [d']

4 in the endings -ого and -его of pronouns and adjectives, the letter г is read as [v]

5 the letter e is read as [i] after ж, (as well as after ш and ц) when it denotes an unstressed vowel