Shushary railway station (Saint Petersburg)

Shushary (russian: Шуша́ры, from Finnish ''Suosaari'', "marshy island") is a municipal settlement in

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of the

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of St. Petersburg,

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, located on the slopes of the

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. Population: Shushary gained importance in 1838 as the location of the first railway siding in the

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and one of the first railway stations in the country. A living-history steam-engine museum chronicles the town's long association with the

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. In the beginning of the 21st century, Shushary was transformed into an industrial area comprising automotive plants such as

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(now owned by Hyundai), and

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References

External links

*Shushary Steam-Engines Museum
Part I
*Shushary Steam-Engines Museum

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