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Vysotsk
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Vysotsk (; ; ) is a coastal town and a seaport in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus, on the eastern shore of the Vyborg Bay, southwest of Vyborg and northwest of St. Petersburg. It hosts a base of the Russian Baltic Fleet and, since 2004, an oil terminal. Population: In terms of population, it remains one of the smallest towns in Russia.

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Vysotsk
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
Высоцк
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Vysotsk railway station.JPG
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Vysotsk railway station
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right
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Coat of Arms of Vysotskoe GP.png
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Leningrad Oblast
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Vyborgsky District
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Vysotskoye Settlement Municipal Formation
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Settlement municipal formation
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Vysotskoye Settlement Municipal Formation
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Town
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Vyborgsky Municipal District
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Vysotskoye Urban Settlement
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Vysotskoye Urban Settlement
Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
1244
Russian inhabited locality.established_date
beginning ofthe 18th century

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Vysotsk (; ; ) is a coastal town and a seaport in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus, on the eastern shore of the Vyborg Bay, southwest of Vyborg and northwest of St. Petersburg. It hosts a base of the Russian Baltic Fleet and, since 2004, an oil terminal. Population: In terms of population, it remains one of the smallest towns in Russia.

==History== thumb|left|Trångsund Fortress thumb|left|Boats reconnoitring the Passage to Wyborg, 1855 Crimean War sketch

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vysotsk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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