hidden Bezzabotnaya (The Careless), a country estate Bezzabotnaya (The Careless), a country estate (Gorbunki Village, the Lomonosov District). The name (according to the name of the residence of Frederick II in Potsdam Sans-Souci; "sans souc" was translated from French as "careless") was given by O.A.... more

hidden Kipen, village KIPEN, a village in Lomonosov District. Population: 3100. It is located in the northern part of the Izhora Hills. It is situated at the crossing of roads to Strelna, Volosovo, Gatchina, with the Tallinn Highway close by. The toponym originates from... more

hidden Ropsha, settlement ROPSHA, a village in Lomonosov District. Population: 847. Located on the Ropsha Heights near the Strelka River, at the crossing of the Kipen-Strelna highway and Dyatlitsi-Krasnoye Selo. The toponym originates from Novgorod’s name Khrap or Khrapsha.... more

hidden Vodskaya Land VODSKAYA LAND (Votskaya Land), historic, cultural, and administrative region of the middle-age Rus, located in the north-western part of Veliky Novgorod’s lands (western part of the current Leningrad Oblast.) First mentioned in the chronicle c.... more