hidden Volosovo District VOLOSOVO DISTRICT, a part of Leningrad Oblast. Area: 2680.5 sq. km. Population: 46,900. Adm. center: Volosovo Town. The district comprises Kikerino urban settlement, and 202 rural localities. It borders Kingisepp, Lomonosov, Gatchina, and Luga... more

hidden Volosovo District coat of arms and flag, the The Volosovo District coat of arms and flag are the official approved symbols of the Municipal Union “Volosovskiy Munisipalnuy rayon” (Volosovo Municipal District) (they were approved with the decision of the Soviet of Deputies of the Municipal... more

hidden Volosovo Museum of the Local History, the The Volosovo Museum of the Local History (Volosovo Town, 5 Fyedor Afanasyev Street), the people's museum. It was founded on November 7, 1977. Documents concerning the history of Izhora Lands, ethnography, the partisan movement during World War II... more

hidden Volosovo Town coat of arms and flag, the The Volosovo Town's coat of arms and flag are the official approved symbols of the Municipal Union “Volosovskoe gorodskoe poselenue” (the urban-type settlement of Volosovo) (they were approved with the decision of the Soviet of Deputies of the... more

hidden Volosovo, town VOLOSOVO, a town in Volosovo District and its adm. center. Population: 11,700. It is located on the Izhora Hills, at a station of the same name of the Gatchina–Ivangorod railway branch. The toponym V. is related to the name of the Slav pagan god... more

hidden Volosts VOLOSTS, adm. and territorial units of Russia. In Old Russia , the term V. had several meanings (land of a principality, semi-independent apanage, or rural area belonging to a town.) In the Muscovite State of the 14th – 16th centuries, V. were... more

hidden Volozhba River, the VOLOZHBA, river, right-hand tributary of the Syas River. Length: 81 km, average flow rate: 11.6 cu. m/s, catchment area: 1350 sq. km. It originates in the south of Boksitogorsk District, 3 km west of Kalinetskoye village. It flows from south-east to... more

hidden Voronezhskaya, a country estate reference

hidden Voronikhin, Andrey Nikiforovich (1759-1814), an architect Andrey Nikiforovich Voronikhin (1759–1814), an architect. Till 1785 he was a serf of Count A.S. Stroganov. From 1777 Voronikhin learned in Moscow , his teachers were V.I. Bazhenov and M.F. Kazakov. From 1779 he learned in St. Petersburg, his... more

hidden Voronina, a country estate Voronina, a country estate (the village of Voronino, the Lomonosov district). The granges of Vysotskaya and Voronezhskaya located on the River Voronka were granted by Peter I to Prince A.M. Cherkassky, the Chief-Commissioner of St. Petersburg, in... more

hidden Voskresenskoye, village VOSKRESENSKOYE, a village in Gatchina District. Population: 170. It is located east of Suyda railway station of the St. Petersburg-Gatchina-Luga branch. Historically, the village was also called Suyda, while the toponym Voskresenskoye appeared in... more

hidden "Vostochny Bereg" ("The East Bank"), a newspaper reference

hidden Voyskovitsi Settlement Library, the reference

hidden Voyskovitsi, village VOYSKOVITSI, a settlement in Gatchina District. Population: 3900. It is located at the railway station of the same name on the Gatchina-Ivangorod branch. V. is mentioned in Novgorod’s scribe roll of 1499/1500. Based at the settlement are Voyskovitsi... more

hidden Voyskovitsy House of Culture reference

hidden Voznesenskoye Settlement Library, the reference

hidden Voznesenye, urban settlement VOZNESENYE, an urban settlement in Podporozhye District. Population: 2,800. It is situated at the head of the Svir River flowing out of Lake Onega. It is connected to Podporozhye town with a motor road and via the Svir. North-east of V., towards... more

hidden "Vremya" ("The Time"), a newspaper "Vremya" ("The Time") (Kingisepp Town, 5 Teatralnaya Street), social, political newspaper. It was founded on 19 October 1920 as organ of Yamburg's Uyezd executive committee, it was called «Plough and Hammer», later on – as organ of district... more

hidden Vsevolozhsk children arts school reference

hidden Vsevolozhsk children musical school named after M/I/ Glinka VSEVOLOZHSK TOWN CHILDREN’S MUSICAL SCHOOL NAMED AFTER M.I. GLINKA (1, Vsevolozhsky av., Vsevolozhsk Town). It was founded in 1956, since 2000 bears the name of M.I. Glinka. Founder – Municipal Institution “Vsevolozhsky Raion” (“Vsevolozhsk... more

hidden Vsevolozhsk District VSEVOLOZHSK DISTRICT, a part of Leningrad Oblast. Area: 2945.4 sq. km. Population: 215,200. Adm. center: Vsevolozhsk Town. Comprises Sertolovo Town, six urban settlements (Dubrovka, settlement named after Morozov, settlement named after Sverdlov,... more

hidden Vsevolozhsk District coat of arms, the The Vsevolozhsk District's coat of arms is the official approved symbol of the Municipal Union “Vsevolozhskiy Rayon” (The Vsevolozhsk District). It was approved with the decision of the Representative Assembly of the Vsevolozhsk District of 20... more

hidden Vsevolozhsk Drama Theatre, the reference

hidden Vsevolozhsk Museum of the Local History, the The Vsevolozhsk Museum of the Local History (Vsevolozhsk Town, 40, Koltushi Road). The museum was created in 1988 on the initiative of the local historian M.S. Ratnikova. The museum exhibition, it was founded in 1990, included a number of... more

hidden Vsevolozhsk Region House of Culture reference

hidden Vsevolozhsk Town coat of arms and flag, the The Vsevolozhsk Town's coat of arms and flag are the official approved symbols of the Municipal Union “Vsevolozhskoye gorodskoye poselenie” (the urban-type settlement of Vsevolozhsk) (they were approved with the decision of the Soviet of Deputies... more

hidden "Vsevolozhsk vesti" ("Vsevolozhsk News"), a newspaper "Vsevolozhsk vesti" ("Vsevolozhsk News")(Vsevolozhsk Town, 86 Oktyabrya Street ) social ,political newspaper of Vsevolozhsk district. It was founded in 1994, has come out since January 1995. The decision to publish a new newspaper ,which ... more

hidden Vsevolozhsk Zoo, the reference

hidden Vsevolozhsk, town VSEVOLOZHSK, town, adm. center of Vsevolozhsk District. Population: 45,300. It emerged as a station of the Irinovskaya Railroad built by Baron P. L. Korf in 1892 from Bolshaya Okhta (St. Petersburg) to his estate in Irinovka for passenger service... more

hidden Vsevolozhsky SKK Theatre reference