The article "About Saint-Petersburg" for the barcamp in Saint-Petersburg.

Initially Saint-Petersburg was raised in North of Moscow kingdom as a capital of vague and mysterious empire, non-existent yet. Its geographical borders are not mapped up to now days.

There is an ancient myth about the nothern country Hyperboreya, the humanity's ancestral home. It is also often connected with myth about Atlantis.

Exactly from here the remnants of Hyperborean spreaded their knowledge around the planet. Fundamentals of them are found in the culture of Ancient Greece, Egypt, India, China.... And now after thousand years North Paradise attracts like a magnet the best achievements of different countries and people.

Dmitriy Spivak "Metaphysics of Saint-Petersburg"

Today Saint-Petersburg is one of the most attractive to investors Russian region.

The city is situated on the roads of transport and trade links between the most important world centers -Western Europe and Asian-Pacific region, thanks to this it is the largest transport center on the North-West of Russia.

Saint-Petersburg actively participate in transnational technology exchange with France, United Kingdom, China, Finland, Ukraine, Switzerland, Germany and more other countries.

The Baltic Pearl is the largest foreign investment project of China.

Due to modern undustrial, research technologies and equipment, as well as to priority development of innovation-technological centers, it is the largest sientific-technical center of the Russia.

For the purpose of stimulation of investment processes, some measures on provision of government assistant in the form of tax allowances and other preferences are suggested by the city.

As it was three hundred years ago, Saint-Petersburg still remains the window connecting Europe and Russia. At the same time, over a period of this time it remains cultural center of our country. It is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, which has been recognized as the city-monument of the world culture by UN decision.

Greatness of full-flowing Neva, solemnity of the granite enbankments, spaciousness of squares and perspectives of the cities, glassy surface of the channels and fence patterns, grace of the palaces and scale of architechtural complexes enormous by their design make unforgettable look of one of the most beautiful cities of the world.

Saint-Petersburg has truly become an amphibious miracle (there are about 100 rivers in the city and as much lakes and ponds).

One of the primary and integral symbol of the city are white nights. In order to see them many people of the planet fly thousands of kilometres. Finding themselves in Saint-Petersburg they inhale its sea air which is only at this time so amazingly fresh and balmy. The city changes into the ghost ,alluring and romantic. Time seems to stop trying to prolonge this short vanishing night... Visiting such night the enbankment of Neva river, making boat trip or simply observing night opening of the bridges one can acquire precious incomparable memories.

White nights in Saint-Petersburg last from the 11th of June to the 2nd of July.