hidden Archaeological monuments Archaeological monuments of the Leningrad Oblast are settlements, grads, burial grounds, religious objects and other material trails of the past. Settling the oblast territory took place during the Mesolithic period. The age of the most ancient... more

hidden Children Art Schools CHILDREN’S ARTS SCHOOLS (CAS). In the last years Children’s Musical Schools (CMS) and Children’s Painting Schools (CPS) have had a growing tendency for unification into Children’s Arts Schools (CAS). By 2007 the Leningrad oblast had had 104 CAS,... more

hidden Kamennogorsk, town KAMENNOGORSK (Antrea before 1948, Swedish Sankt-Andre), a town in Vyborg District. Population: 5,800. It is situated on the bank of the Vuoksa River. Initially, the area of K. belonged to Jaaski Uyezd (see Lesogorsk), split by the Nystad Treaty... 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 Rakhkonen, Aleksandr (1841-1877), a literary man Rahkonen, Aleksandr (1841, Ykspaa settlement of the Vyborg Gubernia; now it is Seleznyevo settlement -1877, Vyborg Town), a writer, teacher. Rahkonen was born in the family of a miller. After the father's death, in 1849 the moved into Vyborg Town.... more

hidden Svetogorsk, town SVETOGORSK (Enso [Finnish] before1948), a town in Vyborg District; a separate municipal entity in 1995–2005. Population: 15,700. Located in the northern part of the Karelian Isthmus near the Finnish border, on the banks of the Vuoksa River. S. has... 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

hidden "Vuoksa", an art festival “VUOKSA”, international art festival. It has been held since 1998 in Svyatogorsk Town. The festival participants are art groups from Svyatogorsk Town and other Leningrad Oblast settlements situated on the banks of the Vuoksa River (hence the... more

hidden Vyborg District VYBORG DISTRICT, municipal entity. Population: 172,800. Area: 7381.7 sq. km. V. D. comprises the towns of Vyborg (adm. center), Primorsk, Vysotsk, Kamennogorsk, Svetogorsk; urban settlements of Roschino, Lesogorsky, and Sovetsky; and 180 rural... more