Kurortny District

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KURORTNY DISTRICT is an administrative territorial unit of St. Petersburg (Its territory administration is located at 1 Svobody Square) Formed in 1946, the district stretches in a narrow line along the northern coast of the Gulf of Finland for over 40 km. It has 11 cities and resort communities, each of which is a municipal division, including Sestroretsk, Zelenogorsk, and resort communities Beloostrov, Pesochny, Solnechnoye, Repino, Komarovo, Serovo, Smolyachkovo, Ushkovo, and Molodezhnoye. The area is 282 sq.km, including 3% residential area, 1% industrial area, and 73% green plantations. The population is 62,600 people (2003). Over 70% of buildings are private property. Kurortny District is the largest but least populated district of St. Petersburg. In summer, its population increases three times due to holiday-makers. The territory development started with the construction of Sestroretsk Armoury and a village next to it settled by workers in 1721. With the opening of the railway line St. Petersburg - Vyborg (1870), it became a popular summer resort area. The district includes railway lines from Finlyandsky Railway Station to Vyborg and Sestroretsk with over 15 stations. The main thoroughfare is Primorsky Highway which joins Skandinavia Freeway to Vyborg and the state border. The district specializes in providing resort services to the citizens and tourists who go there, attracted by its resources, including multiple water reservoirs, pine forests, mild maritime climate and sandy beaches. There are over 40 boarding houses, health centres, recreation houses and tourist centres. The most well known of them are Sestroretsky Kurort, Vostok-6, Severnaya Riviera, Burevestnik, Baltiyets, et al. The district houses NII, scientific research institute of oncology named after Nikolay Petrov and X-Ray and Radiology Institute. The ring road and Skandinavia Freeway play an important role in the district’s development as they form transport-storehouse complexes. Among industrial enterprises of the district are Sestroretsk Instrumental Factory, Sestroretsk Bakery Plant, construction and transportation enterprises. Historic monuments include Repin's summer cottage Penaty, burial places of famous scientists and cultural workers in Komarovskoe Cemetery, the monument of the Green Belt of Glory Sister. Several ancient sites of the Late Stone Age were found in the area of Sestroretsk Razliv Lake.

References: Даринский А. В., Асеева И. В. География Санкт-Петербурга. СПб., 1996; Памятники истории и культуры Санкт-Петербурга, состоящие под государственной охраной: Справ. СПб., 2000; Атлас исторического наследия Санкт-Петербурга. СПб., 2001; Историческая застройка Санкт-Петербурга: Перечень вновь выявленных объектов, представляющих ист., науч., худож. или иную культур. ценность (учетных зданий): Справ. СПб., 2001.

Е. А. Bondarchuk, P.Y. Yudin. Petrov Nikolay Nikolaevich
Repin Ilya Efimovich
Primorskoe Freeway/Sestroretsk, town
Svobody Square/Sestroretsk, town, house 1
Даринский А. В., Асеева И. В. География Санкт-Петербурга. СПб., 1996
Памятники истории и культуры Санкт-Петербурга, состоящие под государственной охраной: Справ. СПб., 2000
Атлас исторического наследия Санкт-Петербурга. СПб., 2001
Историческая застройка Санкт-Петербурга: Перечень вновь выявленных объектов, представляющих ист., науч., худож. или иную культур. ценность (учетных зданий): Справ. СПб., 2001 Finlyandsky Railway Station
Petrov Institute of Oncology
Sestroretsk Instrumentation Plant
Penaty, Museum Estate
Komorovskoe Cemetery