hidden Gatchina, town GATCHINA (Trotsk in 1923-27, Krasnogvardeisk in 1927-44), a town in Leningrad Oblast, adm. center of Gatchina District. Population: 82,900 (the largest town in the Leningrad Oblast.) First mentioned in the Novgorod scribe roll of 1499 -1500 as... more

hidden Pudost, settlement PUDOST, ), a settlement in Gatchina District. Population: 2,500. Located at the railway station of the same name of the St. Petersburg-Gatchina Baltiyskaya branch. It is on the right bank of the Izhora River (long ago, the upper reach of the Izhora... more

hidden Pustomerzha, a country estate Pustomerzha, a country estate (the village of Bolshaya Pystomerzha, the Kingisepp district). Ot was located on the River Pustomerzha left bank. In 1747 the estate was granted by Empress Elizabeth Petrovna to sons of M.D. Olsufyev. In honour of... more

hidden Yelizavetino, settlement YELIZAVETINO, a settlement in Gatchina District. Population: 3500. It is located on the Bolshiye Kolpany-Volosovo highway. The start of the settlement was the opening of Yelizavetino railways station in 1870 (the Gatchina-Ivangorod branch.) The... more