Volosovo

city Volosovo Волосово flag coat of arms Federal district Northwest Russia Oblast Leningrad Rajon Volosovo mayor Igor Polyansky Founded 1870 City since 1999 surface 6  km² population 12,161 inhabitants (as of Oct. 14, 2010) Population density 2027 inhabitants / km² Height of the center 135  m Time zone UTC + 3 Telephone code (+7) 81373 Post Code 188410 License Plate 47 OKATO 41 206 501 Website volosovo-city.narod.ru Geographical location Coordinates 59 ° 27 '  N , 29 ° 29'  E Coordinates: 59 ° 27 '0 "  N , 29 ° 29' 0"  E

Location in the western part of Russia

Location in Leningrad Oblast

List of cities in Russia

Wolossowo ( Russian Во́лосово ) is a city in the northwestern Russian Leningrad Oblast . It has 12,161 inhabitants (as of October 14, 2010).

geography

The city is located about 85 km southwest of the oblast capital Saint Petersburg .

Wolossowo is the administrative center of the raion of the same name .

history

Wolossowo was built as a country house settlement after the construction of the St. Petersburg – Tallinn railway in 1870.

In 1937 the place was given the status of an urban-type settlement and on April 14, 1999 the town charter was granted.

Population development

year	Residents
1939	3,588
1959	5,641
1970	7,022
1979	7,256
1989	10,250
2002	11,660
2010	12,161

Note: census data

Culture and sights

Alexander Nevsky Church in Volosovo

The former country residence of the painter and writer Nikolai Rerich (Nicholas Roerich, 1874–1947) is located near Wolossowo .

In the village of Klopitsy in Wolossowo district stands the Peter and Paul Church ( церковь Петра и Павла / tskerkow Petra i Pawla). In the village of Torossowo the former country house of the baron and general Pyotr Wrangel has been preserved, in the village of Kaskowo the building of the old post office. In the village of Raskulitsy there is a former country house and the Church of the Transfiguration of Christ ( Преображенская церковь / Preobrazhenskaya zerkow).

From the 3rd to 1st millennium BC A number of burial mounds originated in the area.

Economy and Infrastructure

Volosovo train station

In Wolossowo there are companies in the wood and wood processing industries, building materials (limestone) and the food industry.

The city is located on the St. Petersburg – Tallinn railway line, opened in 1870 (route km 84).

The regional road R38 Gatchina –Opolje (near Kingissepp ) runs through Wolossowo .

sons and daughters of the town

• Pavel Moltschanow (1893-1941), Soviet meteorologist
• Eduard Wiiralt (1898–1954), Estonian graphic artist

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)

Web links

Commons : Wolossowo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• City administration website (Russian)
• Wolossowo on mojgorod.ru (Russian)