Saint Petersburg/North

The Northern Part of St. Petersburg is the area north of the Bolshaya Nevka river, which is its boundary with the Petrograd Side to the south. There are some moderately notable landmarks scattered across it, such as the Academy of Forestry with its park, Military Medical Acedemy, Polytechnical University and Buddhist Datsan, particularly in the quarters closer to the central boroughs, but otherwise there is little to see here. It is mostly an urban commuter area of monotonous and often ugly Soviet-era apartment blocks. The coast around Zelenogorsk (Finnish: Terijoki) became a popular beach resort in the mid-19th century, originally for rich people of Saint Petersburg, after Finnish independence mainly Finns, and after World War II (when the area was ceded to the Soviet Union) again Russians.

The area closer to the Center, bordered by Neva and Bolshaya Nevka, extending approximately to Chyornaya Rechka and Kushelevka stations in the north, and somewhat into Polyustrovo in the north-east, is a historical region of Saint-Petersburg and still known as "Vyborg side" (Выборгская сторона). That is where most sights of Petersburg's North are concentrated. Toward southeast connected with the very little visited Right Bank area. - Official administrative divisions of Saint Petersburg/North are the Kurortny District (Курортный) what is on far Northwest and connected to east with the Vyborgsky District (Выборгский район) and toward Southeast with the Primorsky District (Приморский район). More to the East is the Kalininsky District (Калининский район). And the easternmost part of this area is Krasnogvardeysky District (Красногвардейский район).

By metro
The northern termini of metro lines 1, 2 and 5 are in this part of the city.

There are eight metro stations in this area belonging to Line 1:

















Six stations of Line 2 are located here:

















Lesnoy
A historical part of the Vyborgsky District. The nearest metro station is : Udelnaya (Удельная). - Geographical boundaries: in the north - Manchesterskaya street (Манчестерская улица); in the east - Prospekt Toreza (проспект Тореза) and street Karbysheva; in the south - Novorossiyskaya street (Новороссийская улица), in the west - Prospekt Engels (проспект Энгельса).

Sosnovka
Historic district north of Viborgsky area.

Ozerki - Shuvalovo
Ozerki (Russian: Озерки) is a village in Razmetelevskoye Settlement Municipal Formation of Vsevolozhsky District. Vsevolozhsky District (Russian: Все́воложский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast. How the district name suggests, its main attraction is the water. The landscape of Surroundings and the Suzdal Lakes are a favorite holiday destination of St. Petersburg residents in all seasons. In Ozerki were built mostly one-story wooden private houses with homestead gardens. In the twenty-first century, the former village-like buildings are replaced by typical 'Soviet Union style', faceless buildings, which are lined with neighboring areas. Greens blooming gardens replaced deaf and high brick fences "cottages-locks".

Pargolovo
Pargolovo (Russian: Парголово, Karelian: Parkola, Finnish: Parkala) is a municipal settlement in the Vyborgsky District of Saint Petersburg. Here was former a city named 'Nienschanz'(Ниеншанц). Until the 1700s, this area was inhabited by Finnish peoples, they founded here a settlement on the banks of the river Starozhilovki. These times remind - 'the Finnish lake' (Финское озеро), what is the name of one of the lakes on the outskirts of Pargolovo. The Finnish lake former name was Finn Lake (Чухонским озеро). The local population in this settlement differ from other part of Saint Petersburg, in their customs and behavior. Until 1997, it was the city's northern suburb. Pargolovo was a family seat of the junior line of the Counts Shuvalov, starting with Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov who received the Pargolovo manor from Empress Elizabeth in 1746. His Baroque palace was rebuilt by Stepan Krichinsky (1874-1923) as a Neoclassical villa for the estate's last owner, Count Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov. A smaller palace, designed by Harald Julius von Bosse, dates from the mid-19th century. - Just west of Pargolovo lies the Northern Cemetery, the second largest in Saint Petersburg. It was established in 1874. Notable burials include Georgy Gapon (1906), a Russian Orthodox priest and a popular working class leader; - Vasily Vereshchagin (1909), one of the most famous Russian war artists; - Vladimir Propp (1970), a Soviet formalist scholar who analyzed the basic plot components of Russian folk tales; - Mikhail Artamonov (1972),a Soviet historian and archaeologist, who came to be recognized as the founding father of modern Khazar studies; - Alexander Belov (1978), a Soviet basketball player; - Sergey Filippov (1990), a Soviet film and theatre actor.

Northern Primorskaya




Komendantskiy aerodrome
A historic district in the northwestern part of the city. First mentioned in 1700s. In the first and second World War, here was a military airfield. - Getting here take : (Московско-Петроградская линия) to Pyonerskaia («Пионерская») Station

Lakhta
Historical quarter (former independent town) and one of the oldest settlements on the shores of the Gulf of Finland. The first mention of a small village dates from the beginning of the XVI century. Translated from the Finnish Lahti - bay word. Peter I. often stopped here, His Lahti's residence, called "near Oaks" («Ближние Дубки»). The Palace stood near to the Bayshore, and behind the palace there was a garden with greenhouses. From the Lahti to north adjoins the largest green area of ​​the city - the Yuntolovsky Reserve (Юнтоловский заказник). Getting here: from the Finlandskaya Station take an eleektrichka toward Kirovsko-Vyborg and get off at Platform 'Lahta'(«Лахта»). - Or go to : Chernaya Rechka Stn. further by Bus 211. - From :Staraya Derevhnya («Старая деревня») take a bus 110,120, 216.

Olgino

 * Olgino (Russian: О́льгино) is a historical area in Lakhta-Olgino Municipal Okrug, located south-west of the area of Lakhta and east of Lisy Nos. Foremer it was a prosperous dacha village. Part of the hip Rublyovka or Rublevka (the Russian Beverly Hills), where are residences of many Government officials and successful businesspeople. Real estate prices there are some of the highest in the world. - Get in: take an electric train toward Sestroretsk directions from the Finland Station to the platform "Olgino". Or from [[Image:Spb metro line2.svg|20px]]: Chyornaya Rechka (Чёрная речка) take bus 211. Or from [[Image:Spb metro line5.svg|20px]]: Staraya Derevnya (Старая Деревня) take bus 110, 120, 216
 * Former dacha of Lenin
 * Former dacha of Stalin
 * Summer residence of Nikita Khrushchev
 * Summer residence of Mikhail Gorbachev
 * Putin’s and Medvedev’s residences