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A wooden church in Lisy Nos
Lisy Nos
(
Russian
:
Ли?сий Нос
; literally, "
fox
's
nose
";
Finnish
:
Revonnena
) is a
municipal settlement
in
Primorsky District
of the
federal city
of
St. Petersburg
,
Russia
, located on the cape of the same name in the northern part of the
Kronstadt Bay
. Population:
4,759 (
2010 Russian census
)
;
[1]
2,563 (
2002 Census
)
.
[2]
The settlement originated in the mid-19th century as a
dacha
village near a coastal fort, or
redoubt
, designed to defend St. Petersburg from the projected British raid during the
Crimean War
. The
Primorsky Railway
(1871) runs through the settlement. It is the site of the
Lisiy Nos railway station
. The
Saint Petersburg Dam
runs south from Lisy Nos toward
Kotlin Island
.
References
[
edit
]
- ^
Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011).
Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1
[2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1].
Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census]
(in Russian).
Federal State Statistics Service
.
- ^
Federal State Statistics Service
(May 21, 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 of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities?Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000]
(XLS)
.
Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002]
(in Russian).
