Abstract
A Canadian urban and historical geographer focuses on elements of permanence and dynamism in central areas of Russia's "northern capital" and second-largest city, St. Petersburg, from its founding in the early 18th century to the present. The paper first explores basic patterns of population change in St. Petersburg's historic city center over time, before describing salient features of its geography during the Tsarist and Soviet eras. The results of a questionnaire survey of central city residents in 2000 and 2004 are then analyzed, making it possible to construct a schematic model of central St. Petersburg's social geography during the three major periods of its economic and political history. Journal of Economic Literature, Classification Numbers: O18, O21, R14, R31. 7 figures, 4 tables, 28 references.
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