hidden Boksitogorsk District BOKSITOGORSK DISTRICT, a part of Leningrad Oblast. Population: 34,800. Area: 7163 sq. km. Adm. center: Boksitogorsk Town. The district comprises Yefimovsky urban settlement and 275 inhabited localities. It borders Tikhvin District of Leningrad... more

hidden Mesolithic monuments, The. The Mesolithic monuments. Mesolithic (the Middle Stone Age) is the transitional epoch between the Palaeolithic period and the Neolithic period (in Europe - from c 10000 to 7000 BC). Microlite silicon tools, various goods made of bone and horn are... more

hidden Shirokikh, Andrey Anatolyevich (1962-1998), a scientist, literary man Shirokikh, Andrey Anatolyevich (1962-1998Listvenka Village of the Boksitogorsk district), a local historian, literary man. In 1971 Shirokikh with his parents moved to Pikalyevo Town. Here he finished the Vocational School No. 212 in 1981, worked as... more

hidden Toponymia of the Leningrad Oblast, the The leningrad Oblast toponymia. Toponymia is the combination of toponyms, proper names of geographical objects. There are several kinds of toponyms: hydronym, a name of water object; oikonym, a name of a settlement; horonym, an element of relief;... more