Leningrad Oblast
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Leningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia. The oblast has an area of 84,500 square kilometres and a population of 2,000,997; up from 1,716,868 recorded in the 2010 Census. Leningrad Oblast is hi
Monrepos Park in Vyborg
The Vuoksi in Priozersk
The Oredezh River near Siversky
The fortress in Staraya Ladoga
Gatchina
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Gatchina is a town and the administrative center of Gatchinsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies 45 kilometers south-southwest of St. Petersburg, along the E95 highway which links Saint Pe
Leningrad Oblast
…2021 Census); up from 1,716,868 recorded in the 2010 Census. Leningrad Oblast is highly industrialized. Its administrative center and largest city is Gatchina. The oblast was established on 1 August 1927, although it was not until 1946 that the oblast's borders had been mostly settled in their present position…
Aerial view of the Gatchina Palace
Great Gatchina Palace.
Damaged Saint Paul Cathedral in Gatchina during German occupation; the visible weariness is due to both heavy fighting and neglect showed by the Soviet government in the preceding decades
Panorama of the view from the piers at Gatchina Palace Park.