Everything about Vsevolozhsk totally explained
Vsevolozhsk is a
town in
Leningrad Oblast,
Russia, located on
Karelian Isthmus 24 km east of
St. Petersburg, and the administrative center of
Vsevolozhsky District of Leningrad Oblast. Population: 45,310 (
2002 Census).
The town's name came from manufacturer Vsevolozhsky. During the
World War II, in 1941–1944, the vital road connecting the encircled Leningrad with the rest of Soviet Union, the
Road of Life, passed through the town.
History
In 1892 through country house of Berngard, the place there's now Vsevolozhsk is situated, had passed first in Russia narrow-gauge line intended for transportation of peats for Petersburg's heating (Irinovskaya rail road). Now the name of Berngard is borne by one of the railroad stations in the town -- Berngardovka.
Vsevolozhsk was the first settlement in Russia there street gas lamps were set.
Vsevolozhsk got status of a town in 1963. There was an intention to make a resort in the town in the Soviet times. For what a ski jump was built (now unfunctioned), but later this idea was abandoned.
Now it's a growing suburb of
Saint Petersburg with many new houses building.
Economy
There are such industries in Vsevolozhsk:
- automobiles assembling plant of Ford company,
- tyre plant of Nokian Tyres,
- printing-house "MDM-print",
- factory producing water-heatings of Merloni TermoSanitari S.p.A.,
- Nevskiy ceramics factory,
- meat-processing factory,
- milk factory,
- sewing factory,
- producing furniture, building materials.
Education
The town has six schools of general education, music school, art school and two vocational schools.
Transport
Passenger trains pass through Vsevolozhsk. There are three platforms: Berngardovka, Vsevolozhskaya, Melnichniy Ruchey. Trains arrived at
Finlyandsky Rail Terminal in
Saint Petersburg. Commercial buses (430, 530) take to subway stations.
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