Vasileostrovsky District () is a
district
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of the
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Germany
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of
St. Petersburg,
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. As of the
2010 Census, its population was 214,625;
down from 236,856 recorded in the
2002 Census.
Geography
The district occupies the territories of
Vasilyevsky and
Dekabristov Island
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s and includes a smaller
Serny Island.
History
The district was one of the first established in Petrograd in 1917.
Municipal divisions
Vasileostrovsky District comprises the following five
municipal okrugs:
[Law #411-68]
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#7
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Ostrov Dekabristov
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Gavan
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Morskoy
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Vasilyevsky
Transportation
Vasilievsky island is connected to the mainland by 6 bridges, 2 bridge of the
Western Rapid Diameter
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and 4 other bridges built before.
Also on Vasilevsky island there are 3 underground stations, which are on the
green line they are the
Primorskaya and
Vasileostrovskaya, the
purple line station
Sportivnaya, and the
orange line station
Gorny Institut Three more stations were also built on the
orange line.
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