hidden Bolshaya Izhora, urban settlement BOLSHAYA IZHORA, an urban settlement in Lomonosov District. Population: 3,800. Located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, near the Bolshaya Izhora railway station of the Oranienbaum-Kalische branch. The Chornaya Rechka river (Izhorka in... more

hidden Budogoshch, urban settlement BUDOGOSHCH, an urban settlement in Kirishi District. Population: 3,900. It is situated on the Pchevzha river (right-hand tributary of the Volkhov.) It is situated at the crossing of the railway lines to Mga, Tikhvin, and Nebolchi, and... more

hidden Druzhnaya Gorka, urban settlement DRUZHNAYA GORKA, an urban settlement in Gatchina District. Population: 3,700. The settlement appeared in the early 19th century close to the Druzhnaya Gorka glass factory founded by German businessmen Rittings in 1801. The factory became especially... more

hidden Dubrovka, urban settlement DUBROVKA, an urban settlement in Vsevolozhsk District. Population: 5,400. It is situated on the right bank of the Neva near Nevskaya Dubrovka railway station. The settlement was founded at a sawmill and paper mill in 1911. Currently, the core... more

hidden Fornosovo, urban settlement FORNOSOVO, an urban settlement in Tosno District. Population: 4,900. It is situated at Novolisino Station at the crossing of the Gatchina-Tosno and Pavlovsk-Novgorod railway lines. It appeared in 1949 as a workers’ settlement for development of... more

hidden Iokhannes*, v. Sovetsky, urban settlement reference

hidden Kaarlakhti*, v. Kuznechnoye, urban settlement reference

hidden Kikerino, urban settlement KIKERINO, an urban settlement in Volosovo District. Population: 2,000. It is situated at the Bolshiye Kolpany-Volosovo road. The name is probably related to the Baltic Finnish last name Kekki (Kekke.) The toponym K. is mentioned in Novgorod’s... more

hidden Kobrinskoye, urban settlement KOBRINSKOYE, an urban settlement in Gatchina District. Population: 1,200. It is situated on the Kobrinka River (tributary of the Suida), 2 km away from Pribytkovo railway station of the Gatchina-Luga branch. It adjoins Kobrino village in the... more

hidden Krasny Bor, urban settlement KRASNY BOR, an urban settlement in Gatchina District. Population: 4,900. It is situated at Popovka railway station of the St. Petersburg – Tosno – Moscow branch. It was established in 1935 in the territory of Podobedovka settlement and Popovka... more

hidden Kuzmolovsky, urban settlement KUZMOLOVSKY, an urban settlement in Vsevolozhsk District. Population: 9,700. It is situated at Kuzmolovo railway station of the St. Petersburg-Priozersk branch (opened in 1917), with the ring motor road extending near the settlement. The toponym... more

hidden Kuznechnoye, urban settlement KUZNECHNOYE, urban settlement in Priozersk District. Population: 5,200. Located in the north-east of the Karelian Isthmus, at the Lake Ladoga coast, near the borders of the Republic of Karelia and Finland. The name was given in 1948. From 1961, K.... more

hidden Lebyazhye, urban settlement LEBYAZHYE, an urban settlement in Lomonosov District. Population: 5,600. It is situated on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland, where the Lebyazhka River flows into the gulf. It was established in 1966 by integrating the villages of... more

hidden Lesogorsky, urban settlement LESOGORSKY (Jaski before 1948, also Jaaski and Jaskis; Finnish Jääski), an urban settlement in Vyborg District. Population: 3,000. It is situated on the left bank of the Vuoksa River at the Kamennogorsk-Imatra railway branch. The name supposedly... more

hidden Mga, urban settlement MGA, an urban settlement in Kirovsk District. Population: 9,600. The name originates from the Mga River on whose left bank the settlement is situated. M. has a favorable transport position as a large railway junction, having also access to... more

hidden Naziya, urban settlement NAZIYA, an urban settlement in Kirovsk District. Population: 5,800. It is situated in the central part of Leningrad Oblast on the banks of the Lava and Kovra rivers. It is connected with a motor road to the St. Petersburg-Novaya Ladoga highway.... more

hidden Nikolsky, urban settlement NIKOLSKY, an urban settlement in the north-west of Podporozhye District. Population: 2,900. It is situated on a peninsula formed by a sharp bend of the Svir River. The name probably originates from the church of St. Nicholas the Miracle Worker... more

hidden 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

hidden Priladozhsky, urban settlement PRILADOZHSKY, an urban settlement in Kirovsk District. Population: 5,200. The settlement’s name is related to its situation south of the Lake Ladoga coast. P. is in the center of the district, close to the Murmansk Highway, 27 km away from... more

hidden Rakhya, urban settlement RAKHYA, an urban settlement in Vsevolozhsk District. Population: 3,200. It is situated in a lowland near the Gladkoye peat deposit. It appeared in 1892 as a settlement of workers of P. L. Korf’s peat briquette factory at Torfyanoye station of the... more

hidden Rayvola*, v. Roshchino, urban settlement reference

hidden Roshchino, urban settlement ROSHCHINO (Raivola [Finnish] before 1947), an urban settlement in Vyborg District. Population: 9,400. It is situated the bank of the Roschinka river (former Raivolanjoki), at the railway station of the same name of the St. Petersburg-Vyborg branch.... more

hidden Ryabovo, urban settlement RYABOVO, an urban settlement in Tosno District. Population: 3.300. It is situated at the railway station of the same name of the St. Petersburg-Moscow branch, parallel to which, the Moscow Highway extends. It has been developing since the late... more

hidden Sinyavino, urban settlement SINYAVINO, an urban settlement in Kirovsk District. Population: 3,600. Administratively subordinate to S. is Sinyavino-– settlement located 10 km east of the basic settlement. The name is related to the family name of the Russian admirals Sinyavin... more

hidden Siversky, urban settlement SIVERSKY, an urban settlement in Gatchina District. Population: 12,100. It is situated on the right bank of the Oredezh River. The name originates from Seversko Staroye and Seversko Novoye villages mentioned in Novgorod’s 1499 scribe roll.... more

hidden Sovetsky, urban settlement SOVETSKY (Johannes [Finnish] before 1948), an urban settlement in Vyborg District. Population: 6,600. It is situated on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. The name Johannes is related to the Lutheran parish of St. Johannes (known from the 17th c.; a... more

hidden Svirstroy, urban settlement SVIRSTROY, an urban settlement in Lodeynoye Pole District. Population: 1,000. It is situated on the left bank of the Svir River. S. has transport communications to Lodeynoye Pole and Podporozhye via the Svir and a motor road and railroad; 5 km... more

hidden Taytsi, urban settlement TAYTSI, an urban settlement in Gatchina District. Population: 2,600. It is situated at Taytsi railway station of the St. Petersburg-Gatchina Baltiyskaya branch. The settlement was established in 1960. There are also the villages of Bolshiye Taytsi... more

hidden Toksovo, urban settlement TOKSOVO, an urban settlement in Vsevolozhsk District. Population: 5,900. In 1920-49, it was a district center (before 1936, the adm. center of a Finnish ethnic district.) The toponym Toksovo (Finnish “Toksova”) is of a Baltic Finnish origin, and... more

hidden Tolmachevo, urban settlement TOLMACHEVO, an urban settlement in Luga District. Population: 3,400. It is situated on the banks of the Luga River. The St. Petersburg-Pskov railway and Kiev Highway extend close by. Up to the early 1990s, there was steamboat service from the... more