Kamennogorsk

Also known as Sankt Andree

Kamennogorsk (; known before 1948 by the Finnish name of Antrea (; )), is a town in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus on the left bank of the Vuoksi River (Lake Ladoga's basin) northwest of St. Petersburg. Population:

Key facts

Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Kamennogorsk
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Каменногорск
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Вид Каменногорска.jpg
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: Panorama of Kamennogorsk across the Vuoksi River
Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position: right
Russian inhabited locality.image_coa: Coat of Arms of Kamennogorskoe GP.png
Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject: Leningrad Oblast
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur: Vyborgsky District
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur: Kamennogorskoye Settlement Municipal Formation
Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type: Settlement municipal formation
Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of: Kamennogorskoye Settlement Municipal Formation
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: Town
Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur: Vyborgsky Municipal District
Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur: Kamennogorskoye Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of: Kamennogorskoye Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census: 6739
Russian inhabited locality.current_cat_date: 1940
Russian inhabited locality.postal_codes: 188950

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Notable people
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==History== thumb|left|Location of Antrea in Finland between 1869 and 1940. The area transferred to the Soviet Union after the Winter War is shown in grey. thumb|left|Grave and memorial to the Finns who died in the Civil War in Kamennogorsk. The inscription reads: "For the Fatherland and the Nation they gave their lives" and "Honor to the God who gave victory and freedom." The years of the later wars (1939-1944) appear to be a later addition.

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