A Quote by Joseph Wechsberg

The duality of St Petersburg and Leningrad remains. They are not even on speaking terms.

Joseph Wechsberg

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Duality Even Leningrad Remains Speaking St Peter Terms

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Joseph Wechsberg
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August 29, 1907 - April 10, 1983

Old St Petersburg remains a beautiful stage set but to the Russians it is not what Rome is to the Italians or Paris to the French. The decisions are made in the Kremlin. The city of Peter remains a museum, open from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Joseph Wechsberg

I went to St. Petersburg - St. Petersburg is awesome.

Edward Snowden

I remember my very first encounter with Japan. At that time, I was Deputy Mayor of St Petersburg. Out of nowhere, Japan's Consul General in St Petersburg came to my office and said Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs wanted to invite me to Japan. I was very surprised because I had nothing to do with Japan except being a judoka. This was an opportunity to visit Tokyo and a couple of other cities. And, you know, a capital is a capital everywhere: there is the official script and certain protocol. It is always easier to talk in the provinces, the conversation is more natural.

Vladimir Putin

Paris for lunch, dinner in St. Petersburg.

Wilhelm II

I've never been to St. Petersburg in my life.

Sergey Galitsky

I love St Petersburg, Zenit and the fans.

Hulk

For me, St. Petersburg is the city that I can never escape because it has this special energy, even a dark energy. It keeps pulling me back.

Anna Netrebko

I've been very well received by all the people I've met in St. Petersburg.

Andre Villas-Boas

St. Petersburg is a gem of world culture and Russia's most European city.

Valentina Matviyenko

I am joining the government not from the academic position but from St. Petersburg city council.

Anatoly Chubais

I couldn't imagine being in Slipknot and not going to Peru or Argentina or Moscow or St. Petersburg.

Shawn Crahan

Never before and never since have I seen - and I cannot even imagine, such an amazing rapidity of chess thinking that Capablanca possessed in 1913-14. In blitz games he gave all the St. Petersburg players odds of five minutes to one - and he won.

Alexander Alekhine

People often thought Leopold Auer was Russian because he lived in St. Petersburg so long, almost fifty years.

Gyorgy Ligeti

When I was young, about 18 or 19, I read all the Dostoyevsky novels, which made me want to go to St. Petersburg. So I went, and I was so inspired.

Tadashi Shoji

The Finns also have a bent for drink, even though there is no wine here whatsoever, except for illicit tavern keeping, which is harshly suppressed. But, all the way to St. Petersburg, the Finn will drink himself into forgetfulness, lose his money, horse, bridle, and return home poorer than a church rat.