Moschtschny

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Moschtschny
Aerial view of the island
Aerial view of the island
Waters Gulf of Finland
Geographical location 60 ° 1 ′  N , 27 ° 51 ′  E Coordinates: 60 ° 1 ′  N , 27 ° 51 ′  E
Moschtschny (Leningrad Oblast)
Moschtschny
surface 13.9 km²dep1
Residents uninhabited
Location in the Gulf of Finland
Location in the Gulf of Finland

The Evangelical Lutheran Church, which was demolished after the Second World War
Soviet naval monument

Moschtschny (Russian: Мощный , until 1951 Лавенсари ; Finnish: Lavansaari ; Swedish: Lövskär ; Estonian: Lavassaar ) is an island in the Gulf of Finland . It is located in the Russian Oblast Leningrad around 130 km west of Saint Petersburg and 40 km east of the island of Gogland . The area of ​​the island is 13.9 km². The Finnish population (approx. 1100 inhabitants) was completely evacuated during the winter war . Subsequently, the island became a Soviet (now Russian) naval base. In the siege of Leningrad , the island was fought over, but remained in Soviet possession.

The island belonged to Finland until 1940 .

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