Kamennogorsk
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Kamennogorsk known as Antrea before 1948, is a town in Vyborgsky District
of Leningrad Oblast
, Russia
, located on the Karelian Isthmus
on the left bank of the Vuoksa River (Lake Ladoga
basin
) 170 kilometres (105.6 mi) northwest of St. Petersburg
. Population:
It is the oldest community on the territory of Leningrad Oblast
.
In the 14th-17th centuries, Antrea was a main administrative center of Karelian
settlements on Upper Vuoksa. The name comes from Lutheran community founded in the 17th century and the church of Saint Andrew. Before 1939 trade settlement Antrea was attached to volost of the same name of Viipuri Province
of Finland
. Was renamed in 1948 to "Granitniy" (granitic) then to "Первомайск" (Pervomaysk, 1 May in English) and finally to "Kamennogorsk".
At the beginning of 20th century under a layer of peat a site of Stone Age
men was discovered. Found at the site was wood and flint implements, polished instruments of shale, remains of net of nettle fibres, 16 fishing floats of piny bark, 31 stone plummets, a long bone dagger, remains of nets with a length of 27 m and a width of up to 3 m.
A large quarry for extraction of grey granite is situated in Kamennogorsk. Also there is an offset paper factory, which before the war was used for producing sugar
from sugar beets.
Vyborgsky District
Vyborgsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia.*Vyborgsky District, Leningrad Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Leningrad Oblast...
of Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . 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...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located on the Karelian Isthmus
Karelian Isthmus
The Karelian Isthmus is the approximately 45–110 km wide stretch of land, situated between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia, to the north of the River Neva . Its northwestern boundary is the relatively narrow area between the Bay of Vyborg and Lake Ladoga...
on the left bank of the Vuoksa River (Lake Ladoga
Lake Ladoga
Lake Ladoga is a freshwater lake located in the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia, not far from Saint Petersburg. It is the largest lake in Europe, and the 14th largest lake by area in the world.-Geography:...
basin
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
) 170 kilometres (105.6 mi) northwest of St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
. Population:
It is the oldest community on the territory of Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . 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...
.
In the 14th-17th centuries, Antrea was a main administrative center of Karelian
Karelians
The Karelians are a Baltic-Finnic ethnic group living mostly in the Republic of Karelia and in other north-western parts of the Russian Federation. The historic homeland of Karelians includes also parts of present-day Eastern Finland and the formerly Finnish territory of Ladoga Karelia...
settlements on Upper Vuoksa. The name comes from Lutheran community founded in the 17th century and the church of Saint Andrew. Before 1939 trade settlement Antrea was attached to volost of the same name of Viipuri Province
Viipuri Province
The Viipuri Province was a province of independent Finland from 1917 to 1947 but had already been founded in 1743.-History:The province was established in 1743 by separating the city of Viipuri and territories ceded from the Swedish Empire to Russia by the Treaty of Nystad in 1721, from the Saint...
of Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. Was renamed in 1948 to "Granitniy" (granitic) then to "Первомайск" (Pervomaysk, 1 May in English) and finally to "Kamennogorsk".
At the beginning of 20th century under a layer of peat a site of Stone Age
Stone Age
The Stone Age is a broad prehistoric period, lasting about 2.5 million years , during which humans and their predecessor species in the genus Homo, as well as the earlier partly contemporary genera Australopithecus and Paranthropus, widely used exclusively stone as their hard material in the...
men was discovered. Found at the site was wood and flint implements, polished instruments of shale, remains of net of nettle fibres, 16 fishing floats of piny bark, 31 stone plummets, a long bone dagger, remains of nets with a length of 27 m and a width of up to 3 m.
A large quarry for extraction of grey granite is situated in Kamennogorsk. Also there is an offset paper factory, which before the war was used for producing sugar
Sugar
Sugar is a class of edible crystalline carbohydrates, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose, characterized by a sweet flavor.Sucrose in its refined form primarily comes from sugar cane and sugar beet...
from sugar beets.