Imeni Sverdlova () is an urban locality (an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...

) in

Vsevolozhsky District Vsevolozhsky District () is an administrativeOblast Law #32-oz and municipalLaw #17-oz district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Leningrad Oblast, seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central northwestern par ...

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, located on the right bank of the

Neva River The Neva ( , ; , ) is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast (historical region of Ingria) to the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. Despite its modest length of , it is the fourth-l ...

, southeast of the center of

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 ...

and opposite to

Ust-Izhora Ust-Izhora () is a municipal settlement in Kolpinsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, situated at the confluence of the Izhora and Neva Rivers, and is roughly equidistant to St. Petersburg and Shlisselburg, Ru ...

. Municipally it is incorporated as Sverdlovskoye Urban Settlement, one of the eight urban settlements in the district. Population:

History

The settlement was founded in the 19th century to serve the brick factory built by merchant Pirogov. At the time, it was a part of

Shlisselburgsky Uyezd Shlisselburgsky Uyezd (''Шлиссельбургский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Saint Petersburg Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was ...

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. In 1914, the governorate was renamed Petrogradsky. On February 14, 1923 Shlisselburgsky Uyezd was merged into

Petrogradsky Uyezd Petrogradsky District () is a administrative divisions of Saint Petersburg, district of the federal cities of Russia, federal city of Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia. It borders the Bolshaya Nevka River in the north and in the east ...

. In January, 1924 the uyezd and the governorate were renamed Leningradsky. On August 1, 1927, the uyezds were abolished and

Kolpinsky District Kolpinsky District () is an administrative and municipal district in Russia. It is one of the 18 raions in Saint Petersburg. Spread over an area of , the district had a population of 175,396 in 2022. The city of Kolpino is the seat of the distric ...

, with the administrative center in the town of

Kolpino Kolpino () is a administrative divisions of Saint Petersburg, municipal city in Kolpinsky District of the federal cities of Russia, federal city of Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia, located on the Izhora River (tributary of th ...

, was established. The settlement became a part of Ovtsynsky Selsoviet of Kolpinsky District. On August 19, 1930 Kolpinsky District was abolished and merged into newly established

Leningradsky Prigorodny District Leningradsky (masculine), Leningradskaya (feminine), or Leningradskoye (neuter) may refer to: *Leningradsky District, name of several districts and city districts in Russia *Leningradsky (inhabited locality) (''Leningradskaya'', ''Leningradskoye''), ...

with the administrative center in the city of

Leningrad 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 August 19, 1936 Leningradsky Prigorodny District was abolished, and the settlement was transferred into

Slutsky District Slutsky is a Belarusian language, Belarusian, Russian language, Russian, and Ashkenazi Jewish surnames, Ashkenazi Jewish surname that derived from Slutsk in Belarus. The Jewish ethnicity, Jewish family name 'Slutsky' is an Ashkenazized form of (; ; ...

. In 1944, Slutsky District was renamed Pavlovsky, and on April 28, 1948 Ust-Izhorsky Selsoviet, which included the settlement, was transferred to Vsevolozhsky District. In 1961, the settlement was named Imeni Sverdlova. It was granted urban-type settlement status in 1979.

Economy

Industry

Industrial enterprises located in Imeni Sverdlova produce construction materials (in particular,

brick A brick is a type of construction material used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term ''brick'' denotes a unit primarily composed of clay. But is now also used informally to denote building un ...

), and food (in particular, packed tea and coffee).

Transportation

Imeni Sverdlova has an access to the M18 highway, which connects Saint Petersburg and

Murmansk Murmansk () is a port city and the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast in the far Far North (Russia), northwest part of Russia. It is the world's largest city north of the Arctic Circle and sits on both slopes and banks of a modest fjord, Ko ...

via

Petrozavodsk Petrozavodsk (, ; Karelian language, Karelian, Veps language, Vepsian and ) is the capital city of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, which stretches along the western shore of Lake Onega for some . The population of the city is 280,890 as of 2022. ...

. A paved road along the bank of the Neva connects it directly with Saint Petersburg. The Neva is navigable. There are no bridges or ferries across the river in Imeni Sverdlova.

Culture and recreation

Imeni Sverdlova contains one cultural heritage monuments of federal significance which commemorates the events of the

Siege of Leningrad The siege of Leningrad was a Siege, military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the city of Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg) in the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front of World War II from 1941 t ...

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=August 2012 Urban-type settlements in Leningrad Oblast Vsevolozhsky District Shlisselburgsky Uyezd