Saint Petersburg Political Compass

Text on the meme

Authoritarian Economic- Economic- Leningrad Petrograd Left Right Piter The swampy settlement of Ingrian people Saint-Petersburg Libertarian

What it means

A political compass meme maps different names and images of Saint Petersburg to ideological quadrants. Leningrad represents authoritarian left, Petrograd authoritarian right, Piter libertarian left, and Saint-Petersburg libertarian right; the joke contrasts the city’s historical names, politics, and stereotypes. EN: A political compass meme maps different names and images of Saint Petersburg to ideological quadrants. Leningrad represents authoritarian left, Petrograd authoritarian right, Piter libertarian left, and Saint-Petersburg libertarian right; the joke contrasts the city’s historical names, politics, and stereotypes.

Objects

political compass chart / политический компас arrow axes / стрелки осей city skyline / городской пейзаж government building / правительственное здание Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood / Храм Спаса на Крови canal / канал crowd / толпа rainbow flag / радужный флаг Russian flag / российский флаг skyscraper / небоскрёб traditional hut / традиционная хижина haystack / стог сена blue quadrant / голубой квадрант pink quadrant / розовый квадрант green quadrant / зелёный квадрант yellow quadrant / жёлтый квадрант