Kirovsk, Leningrad Oblast
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Kirovsk (Russian: Ки́ровск) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Neva River, 33 km east of Saint Petersburg. It is the administrative center of Kirovsky District. Population: 24,361 (2002 Census); 23,655 (1989 Census).
It was founded in 1929 as Nevdubstroy settlement by Sergey Kirov. It was renamed after Kirov and received town status in 1953. The town consists of the Old Town built in the 1950s and Ladoga, the part built during the Soviet construction boom of the 1980s. The main industries suffered severely during the catastrophic era of Yeltsinism. Most people try to find work in the nearby St. Petersburg.
The nearest settlements include Mga, Pukholovo, Sinyavino, Molodtsevo (formerly known as Molochny Complex), Shlisselburg (formerly Petrokrepost), Pavlovo, and Otradnoye.
Kirovsk has four high schools, a music school, and a hospital, but no maternity ward. The main employers are: the Ladoga plant (which manufactured Soviet nuclear submarine equipment until it switched to machine parts and electronics), Dubrovsky Zavod, 8th Power Station.
Kirovsk is home to the Diorama, which is housed inside the Ladozhsky Bridge over the Neva River. The site, otherwise known as "The Road of Life", commemorates Kirovsk's role as being the sole entry point for goods destined to Saint Petersburg (formerly known as Leningrad) when Nazi troops had blockade of the city during World War II.
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Cities and towns in Leningrad Oblast |  |
| Administrative center: Saint Petersburg (administratively separate) Boksitogorsk | Gatchina | Ivangorod | Kamennogorsk | Kingisepp | Kirishi | Kirovsk | Kommunar | Lodeynoye Pole | Luga | Lyuban | Nikolskoye | Novaya Ladoga | Otradnoye | Pikalyovo | Podporozhye | Primorsk | Priozersk | Sertolovo | Slantsy | Sosnovy Bor | Svetogorsk | Shlisselburg | Syasstroy | Tikhvin | Tosno | Volosovo | Volkhov | Vsevolozhsk | Vyborg | Vysotsk |
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