Primorsk (Leningrad)

city Primorsk Приморск coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Leningrad Rajon Vyborg First mention 1268 City since 1940 population 6119 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Height of the center 5  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81378 Post Code 188910 License Plate 47 OKATO 41 215 508 Geographical location Coordinates 60 ° 22 ′  N , 28 ° 37 ′  E Coordinates: 60 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  N , 28 ° 37 ′ 0 ″  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Leningrad Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Primorsk ( Russian Приморск , Finnish Koivisto , Swedish Björkö ) is a Russian coastal city with 6119 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010). It is located on the northern coast of the Gulf of Finland , 140 km west of Saint Petersburg and belongs to the Vyborg Rajon of Leningrad Oblast .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1268 in a Russian chronicle under the name Берёзовское (Berjosowskoje, "Birkendorf"). Sweden conquered the region during the third Swedish crusade under Torgils Knutsson , and in the Peace of Nystad it fell to Russia. From 1920 to 1940 she was part of the now independent Finland as a Koivisto . In the Continuation War the place was occupied by Finnish troops 1941-1944.

In July 1905, shortly after the sea ​​battle of Tsushima , which was decisive in the Russo-Japanese War , Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II met here to pursue European alliance policy with a personal treaty from Björkö . Kaiser Wilhelm II wanted to avert the "encirclement" of Germany by the Russian-French alliance. But the attempt on its own failed.

In the 20th century the city developed into the outer port of Vyborg .

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  Location of Björkö (since 1948 Primorsk) on the Gulf of Finland (from: Stieler's Handatlas , edition 1891)

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  Church in Primorsk, architect Josef Stenbäck , built from 1902 to 1904

Population development

year	Residents
1959	3897
1970	5521
1979	6258
1989	6637
2002	5332
2010	6119

Note: census data

The port of Primorsk

The largest oil loading port in the Baltic Sea is located in Primorsk. Primorsk has been the western end point of the Baltic pipeline system since 2001 . Four oil tankers can be loaded at the same time in the port of Primorsk. In view of the dispute with Belarus over oil transit to Western Europe, this port is gaining in importance.

Opposite the port of Primorsk is the bird sanctuary "Berjosowyje Ostrowa", the Birch Islands , which falls under the Ramsar Convention .

See also

• List of cities in Leningrad Oblast

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Itogi Vserossijskoj perepisi naselenija 2010 goda. Tom 1. Čislennostʹ i razmeščenie naselenija (Results of the All-Russian Census 2010. Volume 1. Number and distribution of the population). Tables 5 , pp. 12-209; 11 , pp. 312–979 (download from the website of the Federal Service for State Statistics of the Russian Federation)
2. ^ Winfried Baumgart (ed.): Prussia - Germany and Russia. From the 18th to the 20th century. Duncker and Humblot, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-428-07249-9 , p. 112.
3. ↑ Hans-Werner Osthoff (ed.): The German-Russian contractual relations in the mirror of their time, 1878–1978 . Francke, Bern and Munich 1980, ISBN 3-7720-1491-7 , p. 79.
4. ^ Primorsk Oil Terminal

Web links

• Primorsk on mojgorod.ru (Russian)
• City unofficial website (Russian)
• The Baltic Pipeline System - official representation of the administration of the Leningrad Region (English)
• Baltic pipeline system achieved project output of 65 million tons on April 7, 2006