Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Leningrad Oblast, Gatchina, Vyborg, Tikhvin, Kingisepp, Svetogorsk, Sosnovy Bor, Leningrad Oblast, Shlisselburg, Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast, Ivangorod, Pikalyovo, Priozersk, Boksitogorsk, Luga, Leningrad Oblast, Otradnoye, Kirovsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Kommunar, Leningrad Oblast, Vsevolozhsk, Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast, Vysotsk, Lodeynoye Pole, Kirishi, Kamennogorsk, Volkhov, Volosovo, Novaya Ladoga, Podporozhye, Slantsy, Tosno, Sertolovo, Lyuban, Syasstroy, Nikolskoye, Leningrad Oblast. Excerpt: Leningrad Oblast (Russian: , Leningradskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established on August 1, 1927, although it was not until 1946 that the oblast's borders had been mostly settled in their present position. The oblast was named after the city of Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). Leningrad Oblast is bordered by Finland in the northwest, Estonia in the west, as well as five federal subjects of Russia: Republic of Karelia in the northeast, Vologda Oblast in the east, Novgorod Oblast in the south, Pskov Oblast in the southwest, and the federal city of Saint Petersburg on the west. The first governor of Leningrad Oblast was Vadim Gustov (in 1996-1998). Since 1999 he has been succeeded by Valery Serdyukov. The oblast has an area of 84,500 square kilometres (32,600 sq mi) and a population 1,669,205 (2002 Census); up from 1,661,173 (1989 Census). The most populous town of the oblast is Gatchina, with 88,659 inhabitants (as of the 2002 Census). Leningrad Oblast is highly industrialized. Staraya LadogaThe territory of present-day Leningrad Oblast was populated shortly after the end of the Weichsel glaciation and hosts numerous archaeological remnants. The Volga trade route and trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks crossed the territory. Staraya Ladoga, the first capital of legendary...