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Petrodvortsovy District
Petrodvortsovy District () is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population: was 128,156; up from 77,542 recorded in the 2002 Census. Municipal divisions Petrodvortsovy District comprises two municipal towns ( Lomonosov and Petergof) and one municipal settlement (Strelna Strelna ( rus, Стре́льна, p=ˈstrʲelʲnə) is a municipal settlement in Petrodvortsovy District of the federal city of Saint Petersburg, Russia, about halfway between Saint Petersburg proper and Petergof, and overlooking the shore ...).Law #411-68 References Notes Sources * {{Use mdy dates, date=June 2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of 5,601,911 residents as of 2021, with more than 6.4 million people living in the Saint Petersburg metropolitan area, metropolitan area. Saint Petersburg is the List of European cities by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in Europe, the List of cities and towns around the Baltic Sea, most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's List of northernmost items#Cities and settlements, northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As the former capital of the Russian Empire, and a Ports of the Baltic Sea, historically strategic port, it is governed as a Federal cities of Russia, federal city. The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703 on the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Divisions Of Saint Petersburg
The federal city of Saint Petersburg, Russia, is divided into eighteen ''rayony'' ("districts", , singular: ''rayon''), which are in turn subdivided into municipal okrugs, municipal towns, and municipal settlements. Admiralteysky District Frunzensky District Kalininsky District Kirovsky District Kolpinsky District Krasnogvardeysky District Krasnoselsky District Kronshtadtsky District Kurortny District Moskovsky District Nevsky District Petrodvortsovy District Petrogradsky District Primorsky District Pushkinsky District Tsentralny District Vasileostrovsky District Vyborgsky District References Notes Sources * See also * Saint Petersburg City Administration {{Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Cities Of Russia
In the Russian Federation, a city of federal importance (), also known as a federal city, is a city that has a status of both an inhabited locality and a constituent federal subject. Russia has three federal cities: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Sevastopol, which was annexed in 2014 but remains internationally recognised as part of Ukraine. Moscow and Saint Petersburg are the largest cities in the country: Moscow is the national capital and Saint Petersburg is a former Russian capital and an important port city by the Baltic Sea. Currently, Sevastopol houses the Sevastopol Naval Base, the main port of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. See also * Oblasts of Russia *Republics of Russia * Krais of Russia *Jewish Autonomous Oblast The Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO) is a federal subject of Russia in the far east of the country, bordering Khabarovsk Krai and Amur Oblast in Russia and Heilongjiang province in China. Its administrative center is the town of Birobidzhan. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Census (2010)
The 2010 Russian census () was the second census of the Russia, Russian Federation population after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, dissolution of the Soviet Union. Preparations for the census began in 2007 and it took place between October 14 and October 25. The census The census was originally scheduled for October 2010, before being rescheduled for late 2013, citing financial reasons,Всероссийская перепись населения переносится на 2013 год although it was also speculated that political motives were influential in the decision. However, in late 2009, Russian Prime Minister, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Putin announced that the Government of Russia had allocated 10.5 billion Russian ruble, rubles in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Census (2002)
The 2002 Russian census () was the first census of the Russian Federation since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Russian Federal Service of State Statistics (Rosstat). Data collection The census data were collected as of midnight October 9, 2002. Resident population The census was primarily intended to collect statistical information about the resident population of the Russian Federation. The resident population included: * Russian citizens living in Russia (including those temporarily away from the country, provided the absence from the country was expected to last less than one year); * non-citizens (i.e. foreign citizens and stateless persons) who were any of the following: ** legal permanent residents; ** persons who have arrived in the country with the intent to settle permanently or to seek asylum, regardless of whether they have actually obtained the appropriate immigration status; ** auth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lomonosov, Russia
Lomonosov (; before 1948: Oranienbaum, ) is a administrative divisions of Saint Petersburg, municipal town in Petrodvortsovy District of the federal cities of Russia, federal city of Saint Petersburg, Russia, located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, west of Saint Petersburg proper. Population: Lomonosov is the site of the 18th-century royal Oranienbaum, Russia, Oranienbaum park and palace complex, notable as being the only palace in the vicinity of Saint Petersburg that was not captured by Nazi Germany during World War II. History Oranienbaum was granted town status in 1710, and was initially applied to the Oranienbaum, Russia, Oranienbaum palace complex, built between 1710 and 1725 opposite Kronstadt, in the neighbourhood of the royal residence Peterhof Palace, by the architects Giovanni Mario Fontana and Gottfried Johann Schadel, and was intended for Alexander Danilovich Menshikov, Alexander Menshikov, a close associate of Peter the Great. The original name o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petergof
Petergof (), known as Petrodvorets () from 1944 to 1997, is a administrative divisions of Saint Petersburg, municipal town in Petrodvortsovy District of the federal cities of Russia, federal city of Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, located on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland. The town hosts one of two campuses of Saint Petersburg State University and the Petrodvorets Watch Factory, one of the leading Russian watch manufactures. A Peterhof Palace, series of palaces and gardens, laid out on the orders of Peter I of Russia, Peter the Great and sometimes called the "Russian Palace of Versailles, Versailles", is also situated there. The Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments, palace-ensemble along with the city center is recognized as a World Heritage Site, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Palaces, fountains, and gardens Petergof is named after the Peterhof Grand Palace, a sixteen-meter-high Cliff, bluff lying less than a hundred meters from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strelna
Strelna ( rus, Стре́льна, p=ˈstrʲelʲnə) is a municipal settlement in Petrodvortsovy District of the federal city of Saint Petersburg, Russia, about halfway between Saint Petersburg proper and Petergof, and overlooking the shore of the Gulf of Finland. Population: History Strelna was first mentioned in Cadastral surveying of Vodskaya pyatina in 1500, as the ''village of Strelna on Retse Strelne on the Sea'' in the churchyard Kipen Koporsky County. After Treaty of Stolbovo these lands were part of Sweden, and in 1630 in Strelna appears as a baronial estate of Swedish politician Johan Skytte. Palace of Peter the Great In 1718, a temporary wooden palace was constructed in Strelna. It had been used by the Russian royalty as a sort of hunting lodge, and has been preserved to this day. A cornerstone was laid in June 1720, but next year it became apparent that the place was ill-adapted for installation of fountains, thus Peter decided to concentrate his attention ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
