hidden Eparchy of Saint Petersburg Eparchy of Saint Petersburg , territorial-administrative unit of ROC (Russian Orthodox Church). It was established according to the order of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna on 1 September 1742, before it was territorially included into the Novgorod... more

hidden Finland FINLAND, country in Northern Europe. Borders Sweden, Norway, the RF (Murmansk Oblast, Republic of Karelia, Leningrad Oblast.) Located on the coasts of the Gulf of Bothnia and Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea. Area: 338,000 sq. km (abt. 10% being inland... more

hidden Orekhovo, village OREKHOVO (Finnish Raasuli before 1948), a village in Priozersk District. Population: 3. Located on the Priozersk Highway. There is also Orekhovo optional stop (population: 57) on the St. Petersburg-Priozersk railway branch. It was mentioned in... more

hidden People who spend time at their dachas (holiday cottage in the country). Holiday visitors (people who spend time at their dachas, holiday cottage in the country) are seasonal population of settlements and horticultural association . The first dachas (summer country dwellings) appeared in the suburbs of S.Petersburg in... more

hidden Priozersk District PRIOZERSK DISTRICT, municipal entity. Population: 63,300 (of these, 20,500 live in Priozersk town, the adm. center.) Area: 3,563.1 sq. km. Located in the eastern and north-eastern parts of the Karelian Isthmus. It borders Vsevolozhsk and Vyborg... more

hidden Priozersk, town PRIOZERSK (Korela; Kexholm until 1948; Finnish Käkisalmi,) town, adm. center of Priozersk District. Population: 19,300. From 1310, the center of Russian possessions in Karelia. It belonged to Sweden in 1580-95 and in 1611-1710. It became territory... more

hidden Sculptures and monuments Sculptures and monuments. The first sculpture samples appeared in St. Petersburg outskirts at the time of peter I ruling. During the 18th century decorative sculpture was the inherent part of park ensembles of Peterhof, Oraniyenbaum, Tsarskoye... more

hidden Sestra River, the SESTRA (Swedish Systerback, Finnish Rajajoki / “Frontier River”), a river in Vsevolozhsk and Vyborg Districts of Leningrad Oblast and in St. Petersburg. Length: 74 km. Depth: up to 3 m (in the mouth.) Catchment area: 393 sq. km. It begins in a marsh... more

hidden The Leningrad Oblast State Archive in Vyborg LENINGRAD OBLAST STATE ARCHIVE IN VYBORG (LOGAV) (the town of Vyborg, 1 Shturm Street) Formed in 1940 as branch of Central State Archive of People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of Karelo-Finn Soviet Socialist Republic ; in 1951 renamed... more

hidden v. Sankt-Peterburg Gubernia, the ST. PETERSBURG GUBERNIA, historic adm. and territorial unit of Russia. Established in 1708 by the decree of Peter I subdividing Russia into eight gubernias. It included the areas of the current Leningrad, Novgorod, Pskov, and Tver Oblasts, and... more

hidden Vyborg District coat of arms and flag, the The Vyborg District's coat of arms and flag are the official approved symbols of the Municipal Union “Vuborgskiy Municipalny rayon” (The Vyborg Municipal District) (they were approved with the decision of the Soviet of Deputies of the Municipal... more

hidden Vyborg, town VYBORG (Swedish Wiborg; Finnish Viipuri, until 1948), town, adm. center of Vyborg District. Population: 79,200. The toponym Vyborg originates from the Old Norse Wiborg = “sacred fortress.” It was founded in 1293 at the place of the Vuoksa River’s... more

hidden Yevropeus, Daniel (1820-18884), a scholar David Emmanuel Daniel Europaeus (in Finnish - Taneli; in Russian - David Petrovich) (1820-1884) was a folklorist, archaeologist. Ethnographer. He was born in the family of a pastor in Olkkola Farmstead of the parish of Savitaipale of the Vyborg... more