Okhta
The Okhta is a river in Vsevolozhsky District of Leningrad Oblast and the eastern part of the city of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is the largest right tributary of the river Neva.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: George Shuklin, CC BY-SA 1.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, tributary to the Neva
- Also known as: “Bol’shaya Ukhta”, “Bolshaya Okhta”, and “Okhta River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Smolny Historical and Memorial Museum and Nyenschantz.
Smolny Historical and Memorial Museum
Museum
Photo: George Shuklin, CC BY-SA 1.0.
The Smolny Institute is a Palladian edifice in Saint Petersburg that has played a major part in the history of Russia, notably as a center of women's education, and the headquarters of the Bolsheviks during the early stages of the October Revolution.
Nyenschantz
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Nyenschantz was a Swedish fortress at the confluence of the Neva River and Okhta River, the site of present-day Saint Petersburg, Russia. Nyenschantz was built in 1611 to establish Swedish rule in Ingria, which had been annexed from the Tsardom of Russia during the Time of Troubles.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Polustrovo and Center.
Polustrovo
Suburb
Photo: Blattur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Polustrovo is a suburb, which is situated 3 km north of Okhta.
Center
Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Center of Saint Petersburg is the area of main interest to the traveler, home to most attractions of the metropolis. It's bounded by the Neva river and the Obvodny Canal, on a set of islands formed by numerous rivers and channels.
Ilyinskaya Sloboda Passage
Neighborhood
Photo: Екатерина Борисова, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ilyinskaya Sloboda Passage is a neighborhood, which is situated 4 km northeast of Okhta.
Okhta
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Okhta” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Okhta”
- Basque: “Okhta”
- Belarusian: “Охта”
- Catalan: “Okhta”
- Cebuano: “Okhta”
- Chinese: “奧赫塔河”
- Chuvash: “Охта”
- Danish: “Okhta”
- Dutch: “Ochta”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اختا”
- Estonian: “Ohta jõgi”
- Finnish: “Ohajoki”
- Finnish: “Ohanjoki”
- Finnish: “Ohta”
- Finnish: “Ohtajoki”
- French: “Okhta”
- German: “Bolschaja Ochta”
- German: “Ochta”
- Irish: “Abhainn Okhta”
- Italian: “Ochta”
- Latin: “Ochta”
- Lithuanian: “Ochta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Okhta”
- Ossetian: “Охтæ”
- Persian: “اوختا”
- Persian: “رودخانه اوختا (حوضه نوا)”
- Polish: “Ochta”
- Russian: “Большая Охта”
- Russian: “Охта”
- Serbian: “Охта”
- Swedish: “Ochta”
- Swedish: “Svartbäcken”
- Tajik: “Дарёи овхто (ҳуза нуо)”
- Tajik: “Охта”
- Tatar: “Охта (Нева кушылдыгы)”
- Tatar: “Охта”
- Turkish: “Ohta Nehri”
- Veps: “Oht”
- Welsh: “Afon Okhta”
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