Pietari (Karianka)

Pietari (in Russian: Sankt-Peterburg, also known by its former names, Petrograd, Leningrad or Saint Petersburg) is the capital city and one of the two free metropolitan areas' of Karianka. Pietari has a population of approx. 5,3 million as the 2017 census making it the most populous city in Karianka and also approx. 37% of Karianka lives in Pietari.

The first settlement near Pietari was in Northern Pietari, called Naskaa, built by Karanese people. Until the early 17th century, Karanese people lived in Naskaa but in 1611, Swedish colonists built modern St. Petersburg in the name of Nyenskans. Then Ingrians inhabited Nyenskans and called it Ingermanland. Historians think that Pietari was inhabited by 49% Ingrians, 40% Karans and 11% Swedes and that caused Ingrians and Karans mixed.