The Soikinsky Peninsula (, , ) in

Kingiseppsky District Kingiseppsky District (, ) is an administrativeOblast Law #32-oz and municipalLaw #81-oz district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of Leningrad Oblast, seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast ...

Leningrad Oblast Leningrad Oblast (, ; ; ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). The oblast has an area of and a population of 2,000,997 (2021 Russian census, 2021 Census); up from 1,716,868 recorded in the 2010 Russian census ...

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projects out into the

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, separating the

Luga Bay The Luga Bay (Russian: Лужская губа) is a shallow bay near the southern Russian coast of the Gulf of Finland. It is free of ice 326 days a year. Kurgalsky Peninsula separates the bay from the Bay of Narva to the west, while the Soikin ...

from the

Koporye Bay The Koporye Bay ( Russian: Копорская губа, ''Koporskaya Guba'') is a 12 km-long bay on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland. It is up to 26 km wide and 20 meters deep. The shore is low and rocky; the hinterland is ...

. Its name is derived from the Izhorian word for the peninsula, itself probably derived from a proper name. The most populous village, also known as ''Soikino'', was destroyed during

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. Currently the main settlement is Vistino, which has a museum dedicated to the Izhorian heritage of the region. An

oil terminal An oil terminal (also called a tank farm, tankfarm, oil installation or oil depot) is an industrial facility for the storage of oil, petroleum and petrochemical products, and from which these Petroleum product, products are transported to end u ...

is slated to be constructed at Vistino, starting from 2009.

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