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Priozersk
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Priozersk (; ; ) is a town and the administrative center of Priozersky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located at the northwestern shore of Lake Ladoga, at the estuary of the northern armlet of the Vuoksi River on the Karelian Isthmus. It is served by a station of the same name on the St. Petersburg—Khiytola railway. Population:
Priozersk is a town in northwestern Russia located on Lake Ladoga's shore in Leningrad Oblast, serving as the administrative center for Priozersky District. It is positioned at the mouth of the Vuoksi River and has a railway connection to St. Petersburg, making it a regional hub on the Karelian Isthmus.
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Vinony's link graph records 230 inbound references to Priozersk, and connects out to administrative centre, 2010 Russian census and Vyborg Governorate.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.
Vinony files it under 1143 in Europe, Cities and towns in Leningrad Oblast and Grand Duchy of Finland.
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Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Priozersk
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Приозерск
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Käkisalmen tori 23.10.2016.jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- Priozersk at night
- Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
- Flag of Priozersky rayon (Leningrad oblast) (2005).png
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of arms of the Priozersky District.gif
- Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_map
- Russia Leningrad Oblast#European Russia#Europe
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Leningrad Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Priozersky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur
- Priozerskoye Settlement Municipal Formation
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type
- Settlement municipal formation
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of1
- Priozersky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of2
- Priozerskoye Settlement Municipal Formation
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Priozersky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Priozerskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of1
- Priozersky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of2
- Priozerskoye Urban Settlement
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Корела
- Population
- 18235
- Area
- 16.5
- Elevation
- 10
- Image
- Kexholm - Pehr Adolf Kruskopf - Finland framställdt i teckningar - 67.jpg
- Dialing code
- 81379
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- Commons category
- Priozersk
- postal code
- 188761
- native label
- Приозерск
- time of earliest written record
- 1295-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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- Economy
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- Culture and recreation
- Notable people
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Priozersk (; ; ) is a town and the administrative center of Priozersky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located at the northwestern shore of Lake Ladoga, at the estuary of the northern armlet of the Vuoksi River on the Karelian Isthmus. It is served by a station of the same name on the St. Petersburg—Khiytola railway. Population:
==History== The main landmark of Priozersk, the Korela Fortress, has historically been the center for the Karelians of the Karelian Isthmus and from time to time the northwestern outpost of the realm of the Russians or the eastern outpost of the realm of the Swedes.
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