hidden Gatchina District GATCHINA DISTRICT, municipal entity. Population: 111,600. Area: 2850.3 sq. km. Established in 1927. Due to renaming of Gatchina Town, it was called Trotsk District in 1927-29, and Krasnogvardeisk District in 1929-44.Gatchina district borders with... more

hidden Vuritsa Settlement Library named after I.A. Yefremov VYRITSA SETTLEMENT LIBRARY named after I.A. Yefremov (Vyritsa Urban Settlement, 35 Yefimov Street). Founded in 1944. Its general-purpose fund contains 25,000 storage units, with over 2500 members. The library organizes and hosts art and photo... more

hidden Vyritsa, urban settlement VYRITSA, an urban settlement in Gatchina District. Population: 13,700. It is situated on the Oredezh River. The name evidently originates from the Russian word “vyr’” meaning “deep” or “whirlpool.” The largest dacha settlement in terms of area... more

hidden Yefremov, Ivan Antonovich (1907-1972), a literary man Yefremov, Ivan Antonovich (1907, Vyritsa - 1972), a writer, palaeontologist. Yefremov was born in the family of the local saw-mill owner in Vyritsa settlement. In 1935 he graduated from the Geological Survey Faculty of the Leningrad Institute of... more