Vsevolozhsk (Russian: Всеволожск, Finnish: Seuloskoi or Rääpyvä) is a town in Central Leningrad Oblast. It has memorials on the Road of Life as well as the Priyutino and Ryabovo Estates.
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Nowadays Vsevolozhsk is an industrial town of some 60,000, with many inhabitants commuting into Saint Petersburg. Two of the main employers in the 2010s were Ford (of USA) and Nokian Renkaat (of Finland).
Historically this was Ingrian countryside with the estates of Priyutino and Ryabovo, the latter belonging to the noble family of Vsevolozhsky. The settlement growing around Vsevolozhskaya railway station was the first settlement in Russia where street gas lamps were installed. In the early 20th century, the area became a getaway for people of Saint Petersburg.
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The town is on a regional railway from Saint Petersburg's Finlyandsky Station to Lake Ladoga. It is also covered by the suburban roads of Saint Petersburg.
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[edit]- 1 Church of the Holy Trinity (Церковь Троицы Живоначальной).
- 2 Priyutino Estate (Приютино).
- 3 Ryabovo Estate (мыза Рябово).
- 4 Memorials of Road of Life. Memorials to the Road of Life, providing supplies and an evacuation route in the winters of 1941–1942 and 1942–1943 for the besieged Saint Petersburg. 1.3 million people were evacuated and 1.5 million perished in the siege. There are memorials along the railway line and highway from Saint Petersburg, as well as the "Rumbolovsk Hill" ("Румболовская гора") memorial complex.
- Vsevolozhsk State Museum of History.
