Beloostrov, the Glossary
Beloostrov (Белоо́стров; Valkeasaari), from 1922 to World War II Krasnoostrov (lit), is a municipal settlement in Kurortny District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located on the Sestra River, Karelian Isthmus.[1]
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20 relations: Administrative divisions of Saint Petersburg, Beloostrov railway station, Elektrichka, Federal cities of Russia, Finland, Finland Station, Finland–Russia border, Karelian Isthmus, Kurortny District, Leningrad Oblast, Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway, Russia, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Saint Petersburg, Sestra (Leningrad Oblast), Sestroretsk, Vsevolozhsky District, Winter War, World War II, Zelenogorsk, Saint Petersburg.
- Kurortny District
- Municipal settlements under jurisdiction of Saint Petersburg
- Sankt-Peterburgsky Uyezd
Administrative divisions of Saint Petersburg
The federal city of Saint Petersburg, Russia, is divided into eighteen rayony(rie-yawhny) ("districts", районы, singular: rayon), which are in turn subdivided into municipal okrugs, municipal towns, and municipal settlements.
See Beloostrov and Administrative divisions of Saint Petersburg
Beloostrov railway station
Beloostrov railway station (Белоостров железнодорожная станция) is a railway station of the Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway in Beloostrov located at the border between St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast in Russia.
See Beloostrov and Beloostrov railway station
Elektrichka
Elektrichka (p; elektrychka) is a Soviet and Eastern bloc commuter (regional) mostly suburban electrical multiple unit passenger train.
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Federal cities of Russia
In the Russian Federation, a city of federal importance (gorod federalnogo znacheniya), also known as a federal city, is a city that has a status of both an inhabited locality and a constituent federal subject.
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Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.
Finland Station
St Petersburg–Finlyandsky (Stantsiya Sankt-Peterburg-Finlyandskiy), also known as Finland Station (Finlyandskiy vokzal), is a railway station in St. Petersburg, Russia, handling transport to westerly destinations including Helsinki and Vyborg. Beloostrov and Finland Station are Karelian Isthmus.
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Finland–Russia border
The international border between Finland and Russia is long and runs approximately north to south, mostly through taiga forests and sparsely populated rural areas.
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Karelian Isthmus
The Karelian Isthmus (Karelsky peresheyek; Karjalankannas; Karelska näset) is the approximately stretch of land situated between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia, to the north of the River Neva.
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Kurortny District
Kurortny District (Куро́ртный райо́н) is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg (since 1994), Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus along the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland. Beloostrov and Kurortny District are Karelian Isthmus.
See Beloostrov and Kurortny District
Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast (Leningradskaya oblast’) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast).
See Beloostrov and Leningrad Oblast
Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway
The Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway is a long segment of the Helsinki–Saint Petersburg connection, which is divided between Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast in Russia and the province of Southern Finland in Finland. Beloostrov and Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway are Kurortny District.
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR or RSFSR), previously known as the Russian Soviet Republic and the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, and unofficially as Soviet Russia,Declaration of Rights of the laboring and exploited people, article I. was an independent federal socialist state from 1917 to 1922, and afterwards the largest and most populous constituent republic of the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1922 to 1991, until becoming a sovereign part of the Soviet Union with priority of Russian laws over Union-level legislation in 1990 and 1991, the last two years of the existence of the USSR..
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Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. Beloostrov and Saint Petersburg are Sankt-Peterburgsky Uyezd.
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Sestra (Leningrad Oblast)
The Sestra (or Siestarjoki) is a river in Vsevolozhsky and Vyborgsky Districts of Leningrad Oblast and Kurortny District of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Beloostrov and Sestra (Leningrad Oblast) are Kurortny District.
See Beloostrov and Sestra (Leningrad Oblast)
Sestroretsk
Sestroretsk (Сестроре́цк; Siestarjoki; Systerbäck) is a municipal town in Kurortny District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located on the shores of the Gulf of Finland, the Sestra River and the Sestroretskiy Lake northwest of St. Petersburg. Beloostrov and Sestroretsk are Karelian Isthmus, Kurortny District and Sankt-Peterburgsky Uyezd.
See Beloostrov and Sestroretsk
Vsevolozhsky District
Vsevolozhsky District (Все́воложский райо́н) is an administrativeOblast Law #32-oz and municipalLaw #17-oz district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. Beloostrov and Vsevolozhsky District are Karelian Isthmus.
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Winter War
The Winter War was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland. Beloostrov and Winter War are Karelian Isthmus.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Zelenogorsk, Saint Petersburg
Zelenogorsk (Зеленого́рск), known as Terijoki prior to 1948 (a name still used in Finnish and Swedish), is a municipal town in Kurortny District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located in part of the Karelian Isthmus on the shore of the Gulf of Finland. Beloostrov and Zelenogorsk, Saint Petersburg are Karelian Isthmus and Kurortny District.
See Beloostrov and Zelenogorsk, Saint Petersburg
See also
Kurortny District
- Beloostrov
- Church of Our Lady of Kazan (Zelenogorsk)
- Komarovo, Saint Petersburg
- Kurortny District
- Molodyozhnoye, Saint Petersburg
- Pesochny, Saint Petersburg
- Repino, Saint Petersburg
- Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway
- Serovo
- Sestra (Leningrad Oblast)
- Sestroretsk
- Sestroretsk railway station (1871–1924)
- Shelling of Mainila
- Smolyachkovo
- Solnechnoye, Saint Petersburg
- Ushkovo, Saint Petersburg
- Zelenogorsk, Saint Petersburg
Municipal settlements under jurisdiction of Saint Petersburg
- Alexandrovskaya, Saint Petersburg
- Beloostrov
- Komarovo, Saint Petersburg
- Levashovo, Saint Petersburg
- Lisy Nos
- Metallostroy
- Molodyozhnoye, Saint Petersburg
- Pargolovo
- Pesochny, Saint Petersburg
- Petro-Slavyanka
- Pontonny
- Repino, Saint Petersburg
- Sapyorny, Saint Petersburg
- Serovo
- Shushary, Saint Petersburg
- Smolyachkovo
- Solnechnoye, Saint Petersburg
- Strelna
- Tyarlevo
- Ushkovo, Saint Petersburg
- Ust-Izhora
Sankt-Peterburgsky Uyezd
- Beloostrov
- Kudrovo
- Lembolovo
- Ligovo
- Murino, Leningrad Oblast
- Pargolovo
- Saint Petersburg
- Sankt-Peterburgsky Uyezd
- Sertolovo
- Sestroretsk
- Ust-Izhora
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beloostrov
Also known as Valkeasaari, Walkeasaari, Белоостров.