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Alyokhovshchina, village
ALYOKHOVSCHINA, a village in Lodeynoye Pole District. Population: 1882. It is situated on the banks of the Oyat River. It is situated at the crossing of motor roads to Lodeynoye Pole, Tikhvin, Domozhirovo, and Yaroslavichi. The name originates from... more


Astracha, village
ASTRACHA, a village in Boksitogorsk District. Population: 48. It situated on the left bank of the Tikhvinka River, at the Novaya Ladoga-Yaroslavl Highway, 3 km north-west of the railway station of the same name. The name originates from the... more


Baryshevo, settlement
BARYSHEVO, a settlement in Vyborg District. Population: 299. It situated on the bank of the Vuoksa River. It was established in 1949 in a merger of the localities Paakkola, Ojapelto, Seppälä, and Pölläkkälä. Pölläkkälä (the name originates from the... more


Beseda, settlement
BESEDA, a settlement in Volosovo District. Population: 1000. Initially, it was an estate built by M. S. Lalayev in the early 19th c. The estate was purchased by A. F. Weimarn in 1829. P.A. Weinmarn, his son, was a resident in B. and he bequeathed ... more


Bolshaya Vruda, village
BOLSHAYA VRUDA, a village in Volosovo District. Population: 2,100. It situated in the upper reaches of the Vruda River (right-hand tributary of the Luga), on the Volosovo-Opolye Highway south-west of Vruda railway station of the Gatchina-Ivangorod... more


Bolshoy Sabsk, village
BOLSHOY SABSK, a village in Volosovo District. Population: 1300. It situated at the point of the Saba River flowing into the Luga on the Moloskovitsi-Osmino Highway. The toponym Saba is of Baltic Finnish origin, from Estonian saba = “tail” or... more


Bolshoye Kuzyomkino, village
BOLSHOYE KUZYOMKINO (Finnish Narvusi), a village in Kingisepp District. Population: 961. It situated at the confluence of the Mertvitsa and the Luga. It was first mentioned in Swedish sources in 1614 (in July 2004, the 390th anniversary of its... more


Bolshoye Zarechye, village (Volosovo District)
BOLSHOYE ZARECHYE, before 1943 a village in Volosovo District. It was located on the right bank of the Oredezh River on the Vyra-Kikerino Highway. It was mentioned in the 1499/1500 scribe roll as the center of a Novgorod pogost. Population: Russians... more


Co-operative gardens
CO-OPERATIVE GARDENS, noncommercial organizations established in the form of noncommercial partnerships or consumers’ cooperatives (their activity is regulated by the federal laws “On Noncommercial Organizations” of Jan. 12, 1996 and “On Gardening,... more


Dubno, village
DUBNO, a village in Volkhov District. Population: 38. It is located 18 km away from Novaya Ladoga town, to which D. is subordinated administratively. It is located on the Staroladozhsky and Novoladozhsky Canals at the southern coast of Lake Ladoga.... more


Dyatlitsi, village
DYATLITSI, a village in Lomonosov District. Population: 133. It is located in the northern part of the Izhora Hills, east of the Voiskovitsi-Bolshaya Izhora highway. First mention was in Novgorod’s scribe roll of 1499/1500 as the center of... more


Farmsteads
FARMSTEADS, settlements (mostly of one homestead), separated into a farm on a plot of land individually owned or used. In the Russian tradition, the term F. as applied to homesteads in Finnish villages of a scattered planning (in particular,... more


Gorka, village
GORKA, a village in Tikhvin District. Population: 813. It is located near a dry wash, at a bend of the Pasha River. It is connected to Tikhvin and localities in the district’s north-western part by a motor road. The name indicates the position of... more


Gorkovskoye, settlement
GORKOVSKOYE, a settlement in Vyborg District. Population: 297. It appeared in 1948 as a result of integration of the villages of Neuvola (also Neivola) and Kirjavala. It was named after A. M. Gorky (Peshkov) who lived in Kirjavala village in the... more


Gostilitsi, village
GOSTILITSI, a village in Lomonosov District. Population: 3600. It is located at the northern edge of the Izhora Hills, on the Gostilka River. The name originates from the Novgorod name Gostilo. First mention was in Novgorod’s scribe roll of... more


Gromovo, settlement
GROMOVO (Sakkola before 1948), a settlement in Priozersk District. Population: 922.It is located on the shore of Lake Sukhodolskoye (former Suvanto.). Sakkola or Sakkula (according to one of the versions, from the name Zachary/Sakari) was first... more


Ilyichovo, settlement
ILYICHOVO (Finnish Jalkala before 1948), a settlement in Vyborg District. Population: 1100. It is located between Lake Krasavitsa and Lake Dolgoye. The toponym Jalkala originates probably from a nickname of the residents (Finnish jalka = leg.) The... more


Issad, village
ISSAD (Izsad in the 19th c.), a village in Volkhov District. Population: 1100. It is located on the right bank of the Volkhov River. The Murmansk Highway extends close to I. The name originates from the Old Russian “issad”/”isad” = trade wharf. In... more


Kauko-Lempeyelya*, v. Tsvelodubovo, settlement
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Kaybolovo, village
KAYBOLOVO, a village in Kingisepp District. Population: 75. It is located on the Suma River (north-western part of the Izhora Hills). 2 km west of K., the Kaybolovskoye ancient site was discovered. It is an earthwork dated 2nd half of the 12th to... more


Khaapala*, v. Leninskoye, settlement
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Khumalyioki*, v. Yermilovo, settlement
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Kipen, village
KIPEN, a village in Lomonosov District. Population: 3100. It is located in the northern part of the Izhora Hills. It is situated at the crossing of roads to Strelna, Volosovo, Gatchina, with the Tallinn Highway close by. The toponym originates from... more


Kiselnya, village
KISELNYA, a village in Volkhov District. Population: 1764. The name may be related to the Yelena River beginning in the environs of the village. K. is located at the point of crossing of several motor roads of local importance and the St.... more


Kivennapa*, v. Pervomayskaya, settlement
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Kiviniyemi*, v. Losevo, settlement
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Klopitsi, village
KLOPITSI, a village in Volosovo District. Population: 1100. Located on the Izhora Hills, at the motor road from Kikerino to the Tallinn Highway. In the 18th c., K. had a wooden church of Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin (according to other... more


Kobona, village
KOBONA, a village in Kirovsk District. Population: 133. Located near the Ladoga Canals on the coast of Lake Ladoga, at the mouth of the Kobonka River. The toponym originates from the Finnish “hapana” = rotten. It is mentioned in Novgorod’s scribe... more


Kobrino, village
KOBRINO, a village in Gatchina District. Population: 96. Located at the Kobrinka River (tributary of the Suyda.) 0.5 km away from K. is Pribytkovo railway station of the Gatchina-Luga branch. The name originates from the name of the Kobrin family.... more


Koltushi Rural Settlement
KOLTUSHI RURAL SETTLEMENT, a part of Vsevolozhsk District. Population: 9,000. In 1996–2005, it was an independent municipal entity Koltushi Volost, and since 1 January 2006 it has had the status of first-level municipal entity. It is located on the... more

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