Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast
Primorsk Приморск | |
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Location o Primorsk  | |
  Primorsk Location o Primorsk  Primorsk Primorsk (Leningrad Oblast) | |
| Coordinates: 60°22′N 28°37′E / 60.367°N 28.617°ECoordinates: 60°22′N 28°37′E / 60.367°N 28.617°E | |
| Kintra | Roushie |
| Federal subject | Leningrad Oblast |
| Admeenistrative destrict | Vyborgsky Destrict |
| First mentioned | 1268 |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 6,119 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (Moscow Time  [2]) |
| Postal code(s)[3] | 188910 |
| Dialin code(s) | +7 81378 |
| Toun Day | Third Seturday o September |
| OKTMO ID | 41615108001 |
| Website | www |
Primorsk (Roushie: Примо́рск; Finnish: Koivisto; Swadish: Björkö[4]) is a coastal toun in Vyborgsky Destrict o Leningrad Oblast, Roushie, an the lairgest Roushie port on the Easter. It is locatit on the Karelie Isthmus, 137 kilometer (85 mi) wast o St. Petersburg, at the northren coast o the Guwf o Finland, near Birk Islands, protectit as a sea bird sanctuar. Population: 6,119 (2010 Census);[1] 5,332 (2002 Census);[5] 6,637 (1989 Census).[6]
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]Primorsk wis first attestit in Roushie chronicles as Beryozovskoye (Берёзовское, lit. birk veelage). The oreeginal Finnish name Koivisto, means "A group o birk trees, Birk forest". Swadish name Björkö means "Birk island". In 1268, whan the Hanseatic merchants frae Gotland petitioned the Novgorod Republic tae secur their passage tae the Neva River.[7] Swades annexed the region durin the Third Swadish Crusade. The Roushies reteuk the islands at the close o the Great Northren War in 1721. Syne, the ceety shared the fate o the Karelie Isthmus. In the period throu history aurie wis populatit bi Finns till 1940, whan the oreeginal population wis forcit tae leave an wis substitutit bi new indwellers o fowks o the Soviet Union.
Primorsk evolvit in the 20t century as an outport for the toun o Vyborg. It achievit toun status in 1940. It wis captured bi the Soviets on 18 Juin 1944 an transferred as pairt o the Paris Peace treaty. The Finnish population wis substitutit bi Roushies. The toun wis renamit Primorsk in 1948.
Economy
[eedit | eedit soorce]It is the steid o the lairgest Easter Seas ile terminal. It wis developit bi the Putin admeenistration as a terminus o the Baltic Pipeline System at a cost o twa billion US dollar. The terminal stairtit tae operate in Dizember 2001, supplantin Ventspils an ither foreign rivals athin ane year.[1] Archived 2007-05-13 at the Wayback Machine. The toun is on the railwey line linkin St Petersburg tae Vyborg an is linkit bi bus tae ither naurhaun localities an aw.
Primorsk ile port
[eedit | eedit soorce]In 2006, Primorsk wis rankit first in Roushie in crude ile export, wi the export volume o 5,863,000 metric tons.[8]
Notable fowk
[eedit | eedit soorce]References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ a b Roushie Federal State Stateestics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 Aw-Roushie Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 Aw-Roushie Population Census] (in Roushie). Federal State Stateestics Service.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Roushie). 3 Juin 2011. Retrieved 19 Januar 2019.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Roushie)
- ↑ Björkö names and Bjarkey law. See the airticle on Bjarkey laws an aw for the name's likely connection tae auld Scandinavie trade legislation.
- ↑ Roushie Federal State Stateestics Service (21 Mey 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population o Roushie, Its Federal Destricts, Federal Subjects, Destricts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Admeenistrative Centres, an Rural Localities wi Population o Ower 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [Aw-Roushie Population Census o 2002] (in Roushie).CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [Aw Union Population Census o 1989: Present Population o Union an Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts an Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Destricts, Urban Settlements, an Veelages Servin as Destrict Admeenistrative Centres]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [Aw-Union Population Census o 1989] (in Roushie). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute o Demografie at the Naitional Resairch Varsity: Heicher Schuil o Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ Offeicial wabsteid o Primorsk.
- ↑ Fearnleys Russia Archived 2014-03-22 at the Wayback Machine. Russian tanker market monthly. 27 October 2006.
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