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Leningrad Oblast

Leningrad Oblast is a region of named for the old name of its principal city, Leningrad, now known as . It borders to the southwest, and the Gulf of Finland to the west, to the northwest, and Lake Ladoga to the north, to the east, and to the south.
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, known as Petrograd in 1914-1924 and Leningrad in 1924-1991, is the second largest city of Russia, with 5.6 million inhabitants, the fourth most populous city in Europe, the world's northernmost city of at least a million residents, and the former capital of the Russian Empire.

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The of 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.

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The Northern Part of St. Petersburg is the area north of the Bolshaya Nevka river, which is its boundary with the to the south. There are some moderately notable landmarks scattered across it, such as the Academy of Forestry with its park…

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is a metropolitan district surrounded by Leningrad Oblast, centered on .

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comprises the part of Leningrad Oblast from the border to the federal city of St. Petersburg.

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The is the northwestern part of Leningrad Oblast. Much of it was part of Finland until World War II.

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is a part of Leningrad Oblast between St. Petersburg and Lake Ladoga as well as south towards .

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is a region in Leningrad Oblast.

Leningrad Oblast

Latitude of center
60.1853° or 60° 11′ 7″ north
Longitude of center
32.3925° or 32° 23′ 33″ east
Population
2,060,000
Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 610739435
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
536199
Wiki­data ID
Q2191
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Leningrad Oblast” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Oblast Leningrad”
  • Afrikaans: “Leningrad-oblast”
  • Arabic: “لينينغراد أوبلاست”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة لينينغراد”
  • Armenian: “Լենինգրադի մարզ”
  • Asturian: “Óblast de Leningráu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Leninqrad vilayəti”
  • Bashkir: “Ленинград өлкәһе”
  • Basque: “Leningrad oblasta”
  • Basque: “Leningrado oblasta”
  • Belarusian: “Ленінградзкая вобласьць”
  • Belarusian: “Ленінградская вобласць”
  • Bengali: “লেনিনগ্রাড ওব্লাস্ট”
  • Bosnian: “Lenjingradska oblast”
  • Breton: “Oblast Leningrad”
  • Bulgarian: “Ленинградска област”
  • Catalan: “óblast de Leningrad”
  • Catalan: “Óblast de Leningrad”
  • Catalan: “província de Leningrad”
  • Catalan: “Província de Leningrad”
  • Cebuano: “Leningradskaya Oblast‘”
  • Cebuano: “Leningradskaya Oblast’”
  • Chechen: “Ленинградан область”
  • Chinese: “Leningrad Chiu”
  • Chinese: “列宁格勒州”
  • Chinese: “列寧格勒州”
  • Church Slavic: “Лєниноградьска область”
  • Chuvash: “Ленинград облаçĕ”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Leningrad vilâyeti”
  • Croatian: “Lenjingradska oblast”
  • Czech: “Leningradská oblast”
  • Danish: “Leningrad oblast”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Leningrad”
  • Dutch: “Leningrad”
  • Dutch: “Oblast Leningrad”
  • Eastern Mari: “Ленинград вел”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لينينجراد”
  • Erzya: “Ленинградонь ёнкс”
  • Esperanto: “Leningrada provinco”
  • Estonian: “Leningradi oblast”
  • Finnish: “Leningradin alue”
  • French: “Léningrad”
  • French: “oblast de Léningrad”
  • French: “Oblast de Léningrad”
  • French: “oblast de Pétersbourg”
  • French: “oblast de Saint-Pétersbourg”
  • French: “région de Léningrad”
  • Galician: “Óblast de Leningrado”
  • Georgian: “ლენინგრადის ოლქი”
  • German: “Leningrad”
  • German: “Leningrader Oblast”
  • German: “Leningradskaja oblast”
  • German: “Oblast Leningrad”
  • Greek: “Όμπλαστ του Λένινγκραντ”
  • Gujarati: “લેનિનગ્રાડ ઓબ્લાસ્ટ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Leningrad-chû”
  • Hausa: “Leningrad Oblast”
  • Hebrew: “לנינגרד”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז לנינגרד”
  • Hindi: “लेनिनग्राद ओब्लास्ट”
  • Hungarian: “Leningrádi terület”
  • Icelandic: “Leníngradfylki”
  • Ido: “Provinco Leningrad”
  • Indonesian: “Oblast Leningrad”
  • Irish: “Cúige Leningrad”
  • Italian: “oblast‘ di Leningrado”
  • Italian: “Oblast’ di Leningrado”
  • Japanese: “Leningrad”
  • Japanese: “Leningradskaya Oblast”
  • Japanese: “Ленобласть”
  • Japanese: “レニングラード州”
  • Kabardian: “Ленинград област”
  • Kalmyk: “Ленинә төгәлң”
  • Kannada: “ಲೆನಿನ್ಗ್ರಾಡ್ ಒಬ್ಲಾಸ್ಟ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Leningrad wa’layatı”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Leningrad wálayatı”
  • Karelian: “Leningradin aloveh”
  • Komi: “Ленинград обласьт”
  • Korean: “레닌그라드”
  • Korean: “레닌그라드스카야주”
  • Korean: “레닌그라드주”
  • Ladin: “Oblast de Leningrad”
  • Latin: “Regio Leninopolitana”
  • Latvian: “Ļeņingradas apgabals”
  • Limburgan: “Oblas Leningrad”
  • Limburgan: “Oblast Leningrad”
  • Lithuanian: “Leningrado sritis”
  • Lombard: “Oblast de Leningrad”
  • Macedonian: “Ленинградска област”
  • Macedonian: “Ленинградска Област”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Leningrad”
  • Marathi: “लेनिनग्राद ओब्लास्त”
  • Mazanderani: “لنینگراد اوبلاست”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Leningrad Ciŭ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Leningradskaya Chiu”
  • Mingrelian: “ლენინგრადიშ ოლქი”
  • Mongolian: “Ленинград муж”
  • Nepali: “लेलिनग्राड ओब्लास्ट”
  • Northern Frisian: “Leeningrad (Prowins)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Leeningrad”
  • Northern Luri: “لنینگراد”
  • Northern Sami: “Leningrad oblast”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Leningrad oblast”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Leningrad oblast”
  • Norwegian: “Leningrad oblast”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Oblast de Leningrad”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Leninburgscīr”
  • Ossetian: “Ленинграды облæст”
  • Pampanga: “Leningrad Oblast”
  • Panjabi: “ਲੈਨਿਨਗ੍ਰਾਦ ਓਬਲਾਸਤ”
  • Persian: “استان لنینگراد”
  • Persian: “اوبلاست لنینگراد”
  • Polish: “obwód leningradzki”
  • Polish: “Obwód leningradzki”
  • Portuguese: “Leningrado”
  • Portuguese: “Oblast de Leningrado”
  • Pushto: “ليننګراد ولايت”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Leningrad”
  • Rundi: “Ленинградская Область”
  • Russian: “Ленинградская область”
  • Russian: “Ленобласть”
  • Scots: “Leningrad Oblast”
  • Serbian: “Lenjingradska oblast”
  • Serbian: “Лењинградска област”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lenjingradska oblast”
  • Sindhi: “لينن گراڊ اوبلاسٽ”
  • Sinhala: “ලේනින්ග්රඩ් ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Leningradská oblasť”
  • Slovenian: “Leningrajska oblast”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لنینقراد اوبلاستی”
  • Spanish: “Oblast de Leningrado”
  • Spanish: “Óblast de Leningrado”
  • Swahili: “Leningrad Oblast”
  • Swedish: “Leningrad oblast”
  • Swedish: “Leningrads oblast”
  • Tagalog: “Leningrad Oblast”
  • Tagalog: “Oblast ng Leningrado”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Ленинград”
  • Talysh: “Leningradi vilojət”
  • Tamil: “லெனின்கிராடு ஓப்லசுது”
  • Tamil: “லெனின்கிராட் ஒப்ளாஸ்ட்”
  • Tamil: “லெனின்கிராத் மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Ленинград өлкәсе”
  • Telugu: “లెనిన్‌గ్రాడ్ ఓబ్లాస్ట్”
  • Thai: “แคว้นเลนินกราด”
  • Thai: “ยูคายาริ”
  • Turkish: “Leningrad eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Leningrad Oblastı”
  • Udmurt: “Ленинград улос”
  • Ukrainian: “Ленінградська область”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Oblasć Leningrad”
  • Urdu: “لیننگراڈ اوبلاست”
  • Uzbek: “Leningrad viloyati”
  • Veps: “Leningradan agj”
  • Vietnamese: “Leningrad”
  • Vietnamese: “Vùng Leningrad”
  • Vlaams: “Oblast Leningrad”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Leningrad Oblast”
  • Welsh: “Oblast Leningrad”
  • Western Armenian: “Լենինկարտի մարզ”
  • Western Frisian: “Leningrad (oblast)”
  • Western Frisian: “Leningrad”
  • Western Panjabi: “لیننگراڈ”
  • Wu Chinese: “列宁格勒州”
  • Yakut: “Ленинград уобалаһа”
  • Yue Chinese: “列寧格勒”
  • Yue Chinese: “列寧格勒州”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Leningrad Oblast”. Photo: Lion10, CC BY-SA 4.0.