hidden Burial grounds of the Izhora people. Burial grounds of the Izhora people are concentrated in the Izhors tribe land in the Izhora and Neva rivers basin and on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland (see: Izhora). There are the data about 33 soil burial grounds. Excavations were made... more

hidden Drainage network HYDROGRAPHIC NETWORK. Over 19500 rivers and 1800 lakes (Ladoga and Onega being the largest ones) form the H. N. of the Leningrad Oblast. The river network is dense and ramified. One exception is the Izhora Hills where the river network density is... 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 Neva River, the NEVA, river in Leningrad Oblast and SPb. It was formed c. 3000 years ago due to a water breakthrough from Lake Ladoga to the Baltic Sea along the old valleys of the Mga and Tosna rivers. The toponym “Neva” is borrowed from the Baltic Finnish... 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 Sologubovka, settlement SOLOGUBOVKA, a village in Kirovsk District. Population: 361. Located on the right bank of the Mga River. North-east of S. is the railway station of the same name of the Mga-Kirishi line (opened in 1919). In the 19th c. it was the Uspenskaya estate.... more

hidden The Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God (Lezye Village, Kirovsk District) The Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God (Lezye Village, Kirovsk District). In the 16th century on the left and right banks of the Mga River there were two wooden churches of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. During 1714-1715 in the... more