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Novgorod Gubernia, the
NOVGOROD GUBERNIA, adm. and territorial unit in the north-west of Russia in the 18th – early 20th centuries. It was established in 1727 to comprise five provinces of St. Petersburg Gubernia: Novgorod, Pskov, Velikiye Luki, Tver, and Belozersk. In... more


Obonezhye
OBONEZHYE, historic and cultural region in the north-west of the European Russia. It included lands around Lake Onega. A part of the state of Novgorod: written sources from the 12th century mention the Obonezhskaya Hundred as an adm. and territorial... more


October Railroad, the
OCTOBER RAILROAD, Federal State Unitary Enterprise. Track length: over 10,000 km (in 2003, the operative length of the tracks was 10,143 km, and the total length, 13,168.8 km). Extends across SPb and Leningrad, Novgorod, Pskov, Tver, Moscow,... more


Okhta River, the
OKHTA (Finnish “bear river”), a river in the Karelian Isthmus, largest right-hand tributary of the Neva. Length: 90 km, width: – 30-40 m, predominating depth: 0.5-1 m, max. depth: 5.5 m. Basin area: 768 sq. km. Average flow rate at the mouth: 7.2... more


Olonets Gubernia, the
OLONETS GUBERNIA, adm. and territorial unit in the North-West of Russia in the late 18th – early 20th century. Olonets Province (Oblast) was established in1773, with Olonets as its center. In 1776, the province was added to the new-established... more


Onega Lake
LAKE ONEGA (Onezhskoye Ozero), located in the north of Russia’s European part within the Republic of Karelia, Vologda Oblast (southern and south-eastern part) and Leningrad Oblast (south-western part.) The L. O. boast belongs to the north-eastern... more


Opolye, village
OPOLYE, a village in Kingisepp District. Population: 1066. The toponym originates from “opolye” = field edge, or elevated woodless plain. It is locate at the crossing of the Tallinn Highway and the Opolye-Volosovo-Gatchina road in the west of the... more


Oredezh River, the
OREDEZH, river, right-hand tributary of the Luga River. Length: 192 km. Catchment area: 3,200 sq. km. Flow rate: 20 cu. m/s. It originates from the springs on the southern slope of the Izhora Hills, in the Dontso tract. It flows across Volosovo,... more


Oredezh, settlement
OREDEZH, a settlement in Luga District. Population: 2682. Located on the left bank of the Oredezh River, which gave the name to the settlement. It is connected with a motor road to Luga Town and localities of the eastern part of the district;... more


Orekhovo, village
OREKHOVO (Finnish Raasuli before 1948), a village in Priozersk District. Population: 3. Located on the Priozersk Highway. There is also Orekhovo optional stop (population: 57) on the St. Petersburg-Priozersk railway branch. It was mentioned in... more


Osmino, settlement
OSMINO, a settlement in Luga District, adm. center of a rural settlement of the same name. Population: 1644. Located on the Saba River. It is on the crossing of motor roads leading to Slantsi District and to Pskov Oblast, and also having access to... more


Otradnoye, town
OTRADNOYE, a town in Kirovsk District, on the left bank of the Neva upstream of the influx of the Tosna. Population: 21,600. It was established on Oct. 24, 1970 by integrating Ivanovskoye (established in 1957) and Otradnoye (established in 1940)... more


Oyat River, the
OYAT, river, left-hand tributary of the Svir River. Length: 266 km. The average flow rate in the mouth is 54.8 cu. m/s, catchment area: 5220 sq. km. Its source is Lake Chaimozero on the Veps Hills (in Vologda Oblast, 7 km away from the Leningrad... more


Ozeryovo, village
OZERYOVO, a village in Boksitogorsk District. Located on the left bank of the Chagoda River that floods at that point forming a kind of lake (origin of the village’s name.) Population: 22. The Zabelino-Krasnaya Rechka motor road extends close to O.,... more


Ozyera, group of Veps villages
OZYERA, a group of Veps villages in Podporozhye District. Located on the banks of the Oyat River and Lake Oyat. Equivalent Veps name: Jarved. Includes the villages of Kuzminskaya, Lukinskaya, Martemianovskaya, Ozhegovskaya (Krysanova Gora.)... more


Pasha River, the
PASHA, river, left-hand tributary of the Svir River. Length: 242 km. The average flow rate in the mouth is 69.2 cu. m/s, catchment area: 6650 sq. km. It flows out of Lake Pashozero in the east of Leningrad Oblast, and crosses Tikhvin and Volkhov... more


Pasha, village
PASHA, a village in Volkhov District. Population: 3805. Before the 1980s, it was called Pashsky Perevoz [Pasha Ferry] after the ferry crossing over the Pasha River. It is connected to the neighboring localities and the district center by a highway... more


Pashozero, village
PASHOZERO, a village in Tikhvin District. Population: 531. Located on the north-western shore of a lake of the same name. A motor road connects P. to Tikhvin Town and localities of the north-eastern part of the district. First mentioned in a... more


Pavlovo, urban settlement
PAVLOVO, an urban settlement in Kirovsk District. Population: 3,400. It is situated at the influx of the Mga River into the Neva. It is connected with motor roads to the district’s towns and rural localities. P. comprises Pavlovo-on-Neva railway... more


Pavlovo, village
PAVLOVO, a village in Vsevolozhsk District. Population: 2424. Located on the Koltushi Hills near Koltushi Village (a part of Koltushi rural settlement.) It appeared as a research campus of the I. P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology (founded in 1925)... more


Pervomayskoye, settlement
PERVOMAYSKOYE (Finnish Kivennapa before 1948), a settlement in Vyborg District. Population: 4,500. In the early 16th century, a Swedish wood-and-earth fortification named Kivanebb was in that place (probably from the Swedish Kifvanebbet = “front... more


Petrograd Gybernia*, v. v. Sankt-Peterburg Gubernia
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Petrokrepost, town*, v. Shlisselburg, town
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Pikalyovo, town
PIKALYOVO, town in Boksitogorsk District. Population: 23,300. Located in the south-east of Leningrad Oblast, at the watershed of rivers of the Volga and Baltic basins, at the source of the Ryadan river, a left-hand branch of the Tikhvinka River, 45... more


Plyussa River, the
PLYUSSA, river. Flows in Pskov Oblast and in Slantsi District of Leningrad Oblast. Length: 281 (according to other data, 295) km. Catchment area: 6,500 sq. km. Flow rate: 50 cu. m/s. It flows out of Lake Zaplyusye (Zaimosskoye) and into the Narva... more


Pobeda, settlement
POBEDA (Finnish Kanneljarvi before 1948), a settlement in Vyborg District. Population: 1900. Located on the shore of Lake Pobednoye (former Kanneljarvi, from the name of the musical instrument kantele, which the lake resembles in its shape.) Located... more


Podborovye, settlement
PODBOROVYE, a settlement in Boksitogorsk District. Population: 767 (as of Jan. 1, 2002.) Located in the interfluve of the Oblomna and Lid Rivers, at the junction station of the October Railroad, and connected with a motor road to the Novaya... more


Podporozhye District
PODPOROZHYE DISTRICT, municipal entity. Population: 35,200. Area: 7705.5 sq. km. Located in the north-east of Leningrad Oblast. In the north-west and north, it borders Olonets, Pryazha, and Prionezhsky Districts of the Republic of Karelia; in the... more


Podporozhye, town
PODPOROZHYE, town, adm. center of Podporozhye District. It is situated 285 km (280 km by railway) north-east of St. Petersburg, on the Svir River. Population: 20,300. The town’s name is related to the rapids on the Svir. The Lodeynoye Pole-Vytegra... more


Pogosts
POGOSTS, a term widely used in the 10th – 18th centuries to designate territorial divisions and settlements; its meaning changed with time. P. was the term for the centers of rural communities that paid tribute to the Prince; place of tribute ... more

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