Vyborg (disambiguation)

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Vyborg is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia.

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The Karelian Isthmus is the approximately 45–110-kilometre-wide (30–70 mi) stretch of land situated between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia, to the north of the River Neva. Its northwestern boundary is a line from the Bay of Vyborg to the westernmost point of Lake Ladoga, Pekonlahti. If the Karelian Isthmus is defined as the entire territory of present-day Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast to the north of the Neva and also a tiny part of the Republic of Karelia, the area of the isthmus is about 15,000 km2 (5,800 sq mi).

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Priozersk</span> Town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kamennogorsk</span> Town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Kamennogorsk, is a town in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus on the left bank of the Vuoksi River 170 kilometers (110 mi) northwest of St. Petersburg. Population: 6,739 (2010 Census); 6,084 (2002 Census); 5,694 (1989 Census).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast</span> Town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Primorsk is a coastal town in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia and is the second largest Russian port on the Baltic, after St. Petersburg. It is located on the Karelian Isthmus, 137 kilometers (85 mi) west of St. Petersburg, at the northern coast of the Gulf of Finland, near Beryozovye Islands which are protected as a sea bird sanctuary. Population: 6,119 (2010 Census); 5,332 (2002 Census); 6,637 (1989 Census).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vysotsk</span> Town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Vysotsk is a coastal town and a seaport in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus, on the eastern shore of the Vyborg Bay, 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) southwest of Vyborg and 159 kilometers (99 mi) northwest of St. Petersburg. It hosts a base of the Russian Baltic Fleet and, since 2004, an oil terminal. Population: 1,244 (2010 Census); 1,673 (2002 Census); 929 (1989 Census). In terms of population, it remains one of the smallest towns in Russia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roshchino, Leningrad Oblast</span> Urban-type settlement in Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Roshchino, Raivola before 1948, is an urban locality in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, and a station on the Saint Petersburg-Vyborg railroad. It is situated on the Karelian Isthmus 60 kilometers (37 mi) northwest of St. Petersburg, approximately halfway to Vyborg. Population: 13,439 (2010 Census); 9,393 (2002 Census); 8,436 (1989 Census).

Veshchevo is a rural locality on Karelian Isthmus, in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, and a station of the Vyborg–Zhitkovo railroad. The railway track between Veshchevo and Zhitkovo was, however, dismantled in 2001. Until the Winter War and Continuation War, it had been the administrative center of the Heinjoki municipality of the Viipuri rovince of Finland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vyborg railway station</span> Railway station in Vyborg, Russia

Vyborg is a railway station, located in the town of Vyborg in Leningrad Oblast, Russia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Saint Petersburg–Hiitola railway</span> Railway line in Russia

The Saint Petersburg–Hiitola railway is a 170-kilometer (110 mi) long railway with 1,520 mm broad gauge located in St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast and Republic of Karelia, which links Finlyandsky Rail Terminal to Khiytola through Devyatkino, Vaskelovo, Sosnovo, Priozersk and Kuznechnoye. Originally built by Finnish State Railways in the Grand Duchy of Finland, the railway was part of a trunk line from Vaasa by the Gulf of Botnia to St. Petersburg. In the 1940 Moscow Peace Treaty the territory was ceded by Finland to the Soviet Union. The railroad is now operated by the Russian Railways. The railroad is used by passenger trains between St. Petersburg and Sortavala. The track between Khiytola and Sortavala is a part of the Vyborg–Joensuu railroad completed in 1894.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vyborgsky District, Leningrad Oblast</span> District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Vyborgsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast on the Karelian Isthmus and borders with Priozersky District in the northeast, Vsevolozhsky District in the east, Kurortny District of the federal city of St. Petersburg in the south, Kymenlaakso and South Karelia regions of Finland in the northwest, and Lakhdenpokhsky District of the Republic of Karelia in the north. From the southwest, the district is limited by the Gulf of Finland. The area of the district is 7,475.472 square kilometers (2,886.296 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Vyborg. Population : 120,446 (2010 Census); 113,748 ; 108,571 (1989 Census).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Viipuri–Joensuu railroad</span> Railway line in Finland

The old Karelian railroad between Viipuri and Joensuu was a 1,524 mm broad gauge line that used to link Joensuu, Sortavala, Hiitola, Antrea and Viipuri. Originally built in 1892-1894 by Finnish State Railways in the Grand Duchy of Finland, in the 1940s most of the railway up to Niirala was ceded by Finland to the Soviet Union in the Moscow Peace Treaty, Moscow Armistice and Paris Peace Treaty as a result of the Winter War and Continuation War. Now the track is located in Leningrad Oblast, Republic of Karelia and North Karelia. The Sortavala–Joensuu link across the border was abolished after the Continuation War, but was since restored and is currently in use for cargo traffic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kuznechnoye</span> Urban-type settlement in Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Kuznechnoye is an urban locality in the northern part of Priozersky District of Leningrad Oblast, located on the Karelian Isthmus. Population: 4,458 (2010 Census); 4,738 (2002 Census); 5,017 (1989 Census).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lesogorsky</span> Urban-type settlement in Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Lesogorsky is an urban locality in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, located on the left bank of the Vuoksi River, on the Karelian Isthmus, near the Russia–Finland border, and a station of the Kamennogorsk–Svetogorsk–Imatra railway. Population: 3,273 (2010 Census); 3,004 (2002 Census); 3,744 (1989 Census).

Sovetsky is an urban locality in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is situated on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Vyborg on the Karelian Isthmus. Population: 7,131 (2010 Census); 6,607 (2002 Census); 6,471 (1989 Census).

Leypyasuo is a rural locality in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, and a station of the Saint Petersburg–Vyborg railway, located on the Karelian Isthmus. Within the framework of municipal divisions, it is a part of Krasnoselskoye Rural Settlement in Vyborgsky Municipal District.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway</span> Railway line in Finland and Russia

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vyborg</span> Town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Vyborg is a town and the administrative center of Vyborgsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Karelian Isthmus near the head of Vyborg Bay, 130 km northwest of St. Petersburg, 245 km east of the Finnish capital Helsinki, and 38 km south of Russia's border with Finland, where the Saimaa Canal enters the Gulf of Finland. The most recent census population of Vyborg is 72,530 (2021 Census).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gavrilovo</span>

Gavrilovo is a rural locality in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia and a station of the Saint Petersburg-Vyborg railroad. It is located 108 kilometres northwest of Saint Petersburg and 22 kilometres from Vyborg.