Cooperation with foreign cities and regions plays an important role in the external relations of St.Petersburg. They began back in 1953, when relations with the Finnish city of Turku were established. Presently, 90 foreign cities and 27 foreign regions have bilateral agreements on cooperation with St.Petersburg.
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COUNTRY |
CITY |
CONNECTIIONS |
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Arabian Republic of Egypt |
Alexandria |
2005 |
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Argentina |
Маr-del-Plata |
2009 |
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Buenos Aires |
2010 |
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Armenia |
Yerevan |
1997 |
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Autsralia |
Melbourne |
1989 |
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Austria |
Graz |
2001 |
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Azerbaijan |
Baku |
1998 |
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Belarus |
Minsk |
2000 |
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Belgium |
Antwerp |
1958 |
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Brazil |
Rio de Janeiro |
1986 |
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Bulgaria |
Plovdiv |
1980 |
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Canada |
Quebec |
2002 |
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China |
Shanghai |
1959 |
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Qingdao |
2007 |
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Beijing |
2009 |
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Croatia |
Zagreb |
1968 |
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Cuba |
Santiago de Cuba |
1974 |
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Havana |
2000 |
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Czech Republic |
Prague |
1992 |
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Cyprus |
Limassol |
2012 |
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Denmark |
Aarhus |
1989 |
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DPRK |
Nampo |
2005 |
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Estonia |
Tallinn |
1999,2011 |
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Finland |
Turku |
1953 |
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Tampere |
1993 |
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Helsinki |
1993 |
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Michele |
1996 |
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Kotka |
1997 |
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France |
Le Havre |
1965 |
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Bordeaux |
1991,2011 |
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Paris |
1991 |
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Lyon |
1993 |
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Nice |
1997 |
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Germany |
Hamburg |
1957 |
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Dresden |
1961 |
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Greece |
Piraeus |
1965 |
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Thessaloniki |
2002 |
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Hungary |
Debrecen |
2003 |
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India |
Mumbai (Bombay) |
1963 |
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Iran |
Isfahan |
1999 |
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Tehran |
2004 |
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Israel |
Haifa |
2008 |
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Italy |
Milan |
1967 |
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Genoa |
2002 |
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Venice |
2006 |
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Turin |
2012 |
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Japan |
Osaka |
1961 |
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Jordan |
Akaba |
2004 |
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Kazakhstan |
Alma-Ata |
1996 |
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Astana |
2008 |
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Kyrgyzstan |
Оsh |
2004 |
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Bishkek |
2012 |
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Latvia |
Riga |
1997 |
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Daugavpils |
2002 |
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Lithuania |
Vilnius |
2006 |
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Kaunas |
2007 |
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Mexico |
Guadalajara |
2011 |
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Moldavia |
Gagauzia |
2014 |
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Mongolia |
Ulan Bator |
2014 |
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The Netherlands |
Rotterdam |
1966 |
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Norway |
Oslo |
1995 |
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Stavanger |
2008 |
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Palestine National Administration |
Bethlehem |
2003 |
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Poland |
Gdansk |
1961 |
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Krakov |
2006 |
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Republic of Korea |
Taegu |
1997 |
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Pusan |
2008 |
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Incheon |
2011 |
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Republic of South Africa |
Cape Town |
2001 |
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Johannesburg |
2009 |
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Romania |
Costanzia |
2007 |
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Slovakia |
Kosice |
1995 |
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Slovenia |
Maribor |
2001 |
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Spain |
Barcelona |
1984 |
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Sri Lanka |
Colombo |
1997 |
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Sudan |
Khartoum |
2002 |
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Sweden |
Gothenburg |
1962 |
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Stockholm |
1992 |
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Tajikistan |
Dushanbe |
1999 |
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Thailand |
Bangkok |
1997 |
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Tunisia |
Bizerte |
2014 |
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Turkey |
Istanbul |
1990 |
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Ukraine |
Kiev |
2001 |
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Odessa |
2002 |
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Kharkiv |
2003 |
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UK |
Manchester |
1962 |
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Edinburgh (Scotland) |
1995 |
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Uruguay |
Montevideo |
1998 |
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USA |
Los Angeles |
1990 |
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St. Petersburg (Florida) |
2002 |
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Vietnam |
Ho Chi Minh |
1977 |
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Hai Phong |
2006 |
PARTNER REGIONS
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COUNTRY |
REGION |
Connections |
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Belarus |
Mogilev region |
2000 |
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Bulgaria
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Plovdiv region Varna region |
1998 2001 |
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Finland |
The regions of Kyumenlaakso,Southern Savo,Southern Karelia |
2007 |
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Germany |
Federal Land of Saxony |
2006 |
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Italy
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Lombardy region, Marche region |
1999 2005 |
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Norway
|
Finnmark province |
2003 |
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Philippines |
Cebu province |
2009 |
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Republic of Korea |
Chungcheongbuk-do province |
2008 |
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Slovakia
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Kosice region Nitra region |
1998 2002 |
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Sweden |
Norrbotten region The regions of Stockholm, Sedermanland, Uppsala, Vastmanland, Orebro |
2002 2006 |
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Switzerland |
Ticino canton |
2000 |
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Ukraine |
Donetsk Region |
2002 |
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Dnepropetrovsk region |
2003 |
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Vietnam |
Khanhoa province |
2007 |