Fornosovo, urban settlement

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FORNOSOVO, an urban settlement in Tosno District. Population: 4,900. It is situated at Novolisino Station at the crossing of the Gatchina-Tosno and Pavlovsk-Novgorod railway lines. It appeared in 1949 as a workers’ settlement for development of peat deposits and construction of a peat briquette factory (the peat production is now terminated.) F. has a culture center, library, and children’s school of music. There are two correctional colonies in F. In 1993, the Church of St. . Seraphim of Sarov was sanctified in Colony No. 3; in 2001, the Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God was sanctified in Colony No. 4. Chistyakov, Anton Yuryevich
Leningrad Oblast, the/Tosno District/Novolisino, railway station
Leningrad Oblast, the/Tosno District
Leningrad Oblast, the/Tosno District/Tosno Town
Fornosovo children music school
Fornosovo House of Culture
Fornosovo Settlement Library, the
The Church of St. Seraphim of Sarov (the urban settlement of Fornosovo, Tosno District)
The Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God (the urban settlement of Fornosovo, Tosno District)