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9 unusual facts about Priozersky District


Battle of Kelja

In the weeks before the Soviet attack, the whole Taipale sector had been under heavy shelling and daily infantry attacks.

Kamennogorsk

A new railway to Sosnovo and Losevo is under construction.

Lake Otradnoye

The shores of the lake are populated, with the settlements of Otradnoye, Plodovoye, Uralskoye, Solnechnoye, Kutuzovskoye, Yablonovka, Krasnopolye, and Tsvetkovo all are located at or close to the shore.

Priozersky District

Another railroad, connecting Vyborg with Hiitola via Kamennogorsk, serves as a stretch of the border with Vyborgsky District.

On May 16, 1940, Rautovsky District with the administrative center in the suburban settlement of Rautu was also established.

In particular, Rautu was renamed Sosnovo.

The Saint Petersburg – Hiitola railroad crosses the district from south to north passing Sosnovo, Priozersk, and Kuznechnoye.

Taipale

Taipale, former name of Solovyovo, a logging depot settlement in Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Vsevolozhsky District

Saint Petersburg – Hiitola railroad runs through Toksovo to Sosnovo and Priozersk.



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