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Town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Kamennogorsk Каменногорск Town[1] Panorama of Kamennogorsk across the Vuoksi River Coat of arms Interactive map of Kamennogorsk Kamennogorsk Location of Kamennogorsk Show map of Russia Kamennogorsk Kamennogorsk (Leningrad Oblast) Show map of Leningrad Oblast Coordinates: 60°57′N 29°08′E / 60.950°N 29.133°E / 60.950; 29.133 Country Russia Federal subject Leningrad Oblast[1] Administrative district Vyborgsky District[1] Settlement municipal formationSelsoviet Kamennogorskoye Settlement Municipal Formation[1] Town status since 1940[2] Elevation 20 m (66 ft) Population (2010 Census)[3] • Total 6,739 • Estimate (2024) 7,009 (+4%) Administrative status • Capital of Kamennogorskoye Settlement Municipal Formation[1] Municipal status • Municipal district Vyborgsky Municipal District[4] • Urban settlement Kamennogorskoye Urban Settlement[4] • Capital of Kamennogorskoye Urban Settlement[4] Time zone UTC+3 (MSK [5]) Postal code[6] 188950 OKTMO ID 41615106001 Website www.kamennogorsk.vbglenobl.ru

**Kamennogorsk** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Каменногорск; known before 1948 by the [Finnish](/source/Finnish_language) name of **Antrea** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Антреа; [Swedish](/source/Swedish_language): *Sankt Andree*)), is a [town](/source/Types_of_inhabited_localities_in_Russia) in [Vyborgsky District](/source/Vyborgsky_District%2C_Leningrad_Oblast) of [Leningrad Oblast](/source/Leningrad_Oblast), [Russia](/source/Russia), located on the [Karelian Isthmus](/source/Karelian_Isthmus) on the left bank of the [Vuoksi River](/source/Vuoksi_River) ([Lake Ladoga](/source/Lake_Ladoga)'s [basin](/source/Drainage_basin)) 170 kilometers (110 mi) northwest of [St. Petersburg](/source/Saint_Petersburg). Population: 6,739 ([2010 census](/source/2010_Russian_census));[3] 6,084 ([2002 census](/source/2002_Russian_census));[7] 5,694 ([1989 Soviet census](/source/1989_Soviet_census)).[8]

## History

Location of Antrea in Finland between 1869 and 1940. The area transferred to the Soviet Union after the Winter War is shown in grey.

Grave and memorial to the Finns who died in the Civil War in Kamennogorsk. The inscription reads: "For the Fatherland and the Nation they gave their lives" and "Honor to the God who gave victory and freedom." The years of the later wars (1939-1944) appear to be a later addition.

Human habitation in the area where Kamennogorsk now stands goes back to the [Stone Age](/source/Stone_Age). In the beginning of the 20th century, a Stone Age site was discovered under a layer of [peat](/source/Peat). Findings at the site included wooden and flint implements, polished instruments of shale, remains of net of nettle fibers, sixteen fishing floats of piny bark, thirty-one stone plummets, a long bone dagger, and remains of nets with a length of 27 meters (89 ft) and a width of up to 3 meters (9.8 ft).

In the 14th-17th centuries, Antrea was a main administrative center of [Karelian](/source/Karelians) settlements on the upper Vuoksi. The name comes from Lutheran community founded in the 17th century and the church of [St. Andrew](/source/Andrew_the_Apostle).

In 1710, during the [Great Northern War](/source/Great_Northern_War), the troops of [Tsar](/source/Tsar) [Peter the Great](/source/Peter_the_Great) included the whole area of the modern [Vyborgsky District](/source/Vyborgsky_District%2C_Leningrad_Oblast) to Russia. In the course of Peter's [second administrative reform](/source/Administrative_divisions_of_Russia_in_1719%E2%80%931725), Antrea became a part of [Vyborg Province](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vyborg_Province,_Saint_Petersburg_Governorate&action=edit&redlink=1) of [St. Petersburg Governorate](/source/Saint_Petersburg_Governorate).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] The 1721 [Treaty of Nystad](/source/Treaty_of_Nystad), which concluded the war with Sweden, finalized the transfer of this part of [Old Finland](/source/Old_Finland) to Russia.[9]

In 1744, [Vyborg Governorate](/source/Vyborg_Governorate), with the seat in [Vyborg](/source/Vyborg), was established.[10] After several changes, Vyborg Governorate was renamed Finland Governorate in 1802.[10] In 1812, it was renamed back and included in the [Grand Duchy of Finland](/source/Grand_Duchy_of_Finland), which was previously ceded to Russia by Sweden.[10] In Finland, it became known as the [Viipuri Province](/source/Viipuri_Province). In 1918, the Viipuri Province became a part of independent [Finland](/source/Finland).[2]

Antrea, together with the rest of the Karelian Isthmus, was ceded by [Finland](/source/Finland) to the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) by the [Moscow Peace Treaty](/source/Moscow_Peace_Treaty) as a result of the [Winter War](/source/Winter_War). It was recaptured by Finns between 1941 and 1944 during [Continuation War](/source/Continuation_War) but was again ceded to the Soviet Union after [Moscow Armistice](/source/Moscow_Armistice). This secession was formalized after signing [Paris Peace Treaty](/source/Paris_Peace_Treaties%2C_1947) in 1947. The population was resettled to Finland, and population from Central Russia was resettled to populate the Karelian Isthmus.

In 1940, Antrea became a part of newly established [Yaskinsky District](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lesogorsky_District&action=edit&redlink=1) with the administrative center in the [work settlement](/source/Urban-type_settlement) of [Yaski](/source/Lesogorsky).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] At the same time, it was granted town status.[2] At that time, it was a part of the [Karelian ASSR](/source/Karelian_Autonomous_Soviet_Socialist_Republic) (after March 30, 1940 of the [Karelo-Finnish SSR](/source/Karelo-Finnish_Soviet_Socialist_Republic)).[11] On November 24, 1944, Yaskinsky District was transferred from Karelo-Finnish SSR to [Leningrad Oblast](/source/Leningrad_Oblast).[12] To replace Finnish names of the localities with Russian names,[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] on October 1, 1948, the district was renamed Lesogorsky and the town of Antrea was renamed Kamennogorsk.[12] The town's new name was due to the presence of crystalline deposit outcrops and a [granite](/source/Granite) mine in the vicinity.[13] On December 9, 1960, Lesogorsky District was abolished and merged into Vyborgsky District.[12]

## Administrative and municipal status

Within the [framework of administrative divisions](/source/Subdivisions_of_Russia#Administrative_divisions), it is, together with twenty-nine [rural localities](/source/Types_of_inhabited_localities_in_Russia), incorporated within [Vyborgsky District](/source/Vyborgsky_District%2C_Leningrad_Oblast) as **Kamennogorskoye [Settlement Municipal Formation](/source/Town_of_district_significance)**.[1] As a [municipal division](/source/Subdivisions_of_Russia#Municipal_divisions), Kamennogorskoye Settlement Municipal Formation is incorporated within Vyborgsky Municipal District as **Kamennogorskoye Urban Settlement**.[4]

## Economy

### Industry

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](/source/Sugar) from [sugar beets](/source/Sugar_beet).

### Transportation

The town has a [railway station](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kamennogorsk_railway_station&action=edit&redlink=1) on the railway line connecting [Vyborg](/source/Vyborg) and [Khiytola](/source/Khiytola) (the old [Vyborg–Joensuu railroad](/source/Vyborg%E2%80%93Joensuu_railroad)). Another railway branches up north to [Svetogorsk](/source/Svetogorsk); the continuation beyond Svetogorsk to the [Finnish–Russian border](/source/Finnish%E2%80%93Russian_border) is disused. All these railways are served by suburban trains. A new railway to [Sosnovo](/source/Sosnovo%2C_Priozersky_District%2C_Leningrad_Oblast) and [Losevo](/source/Losevo%2C_Leningrad_Oblast) is under construction.

The town is connected by roads with Vyborg, Svetogorsk, and [Melnikovo](/source/Melnikovo%2C_Leningrad_Oblast).

## Notable people

- [Matti Kekki](/source/Matti_Kekki), agronomist and politician

- [Antti Litja](/source/Antti_Litja), actor

- [Sinikka Luja-Penttilä](/source/Sinikka_Luja-Penttil%C3%A4) (born 1924), Finnish politician and writer

- [Vaino Olavi Partanen](/source/Vaino_Olavi_Partanen) Received [Cross of Valour](/source/Cross_of_Valour_(Canada))

## References

### Notes

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-LeningradO_adm_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-LeningradO_adm_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-LeningradO_adm_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-LeningradO_adm_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-LeningradO_adm_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-LeningradO_adm_1-5) Oblast Law #32-oz

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-gr_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-gr_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-gr_2-2) *Энциклопедия Города России*. Moscow: Большая Российская Энциклопедия. 2003. p. 176. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [5-7107-7399-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/5-7107-7399-9).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2010Census_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2010Census_3-1) Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). [Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1](http://www.gks.ru/free_doc/new_site/perepis2010/croc/perepis_itogi1612.htm) [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). [Federal State Statistics Service](/source/Federal_State_Statistics_Service_(Russia)).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-LeningradOVyborgskyD_mun_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-LeningradOVyborgskyD_mun_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-LeningradOVyborgskyD_mun_4-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-LeningradOVyborgskyD_mun_4-3) Law #17-oz

1. **[^](#cite_ref-vremeni_5-0)** ["Об исчислении времени"](http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&prevDoc=102483854&backlink=1&&nd=102148085). *Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации* (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-PostalCode_6-0)** Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (*Russian Post*). [Поиск объектов почтовой связи](http://vinfo.russianpost.ru/servlet/department) (*Postal Objects Search*) (in Russian)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-PopCensus_7-0)** [Federal State Statistics Service](/source/Federal_State_Statistics_Service_(Russia)) (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](http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls) [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).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Census1989_8-0)** [Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров](http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php) [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via *Demoscope Weekly*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-hist_9-0)** [История Выборгского района, история Выборгской земли](http://vbglenobl.ru/raion/istoriya-raiona) (in Russian). Муниципальное образование Выборгский район Ленинградской Области. Retrieved March 20, 2014.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Tarkhov_10-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Tarkhov_10-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Tarkhov_10-2) С. А. Тархов (2001). ["Изменение административно-территориального деления России за последние 300 лет"](http://geo.1september.ru/view_article.php?id=200101502). *Электронная версия журнала "География"*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-KASSR_11-0)** [Карело-Финская ССР](https://web.archive.org/web/20121024181453/http://istmat.info/files/uploads/17632/sssr_ad-ter_delenie_1941_karelo-finskaya_ssr.pdf) (PDF) (in Russian). Handbook of administrative divisions of Soviet Union. Archived from [the original](http://istmat.info/files/uploads/17632/sssr_ad-ter_delenie_1941_karelo-finskaya_ssr.pdf) (PDF) on October 24, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2014.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-LesogorskyDHist_12-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-LesogorskyDHist_12-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-LesogorskyDHist_12-2) [Яскинский район (ноябрь 1944 г. - октябрь 1948 г.), Лесогорский район (октябрь 1948 г. - декабрь 1960 г.)](https://web.archive.org/web/20140320125213/http://classif.spb.ru/sprav/np_lo/74_Jaskinsky_Lesogorsky_rayon.htm) (in Russian). Система классификаторов исполнительных органов государственной власти Санкт-Петербурга. Archived from [the original](http://classif.spb.ru/sprav/np_lo/74_Jaskinsky_Lesogorsky_rayon.htm) on March 20, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Pospelov_13-0)** Pospelov, p. 28

### Sources

- Законодательное собрание Ленинградской области. Областной закон №32-оз от 15 июня 2010 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Ленинградской области и порядке его изменения», в ред. Областного закона №23-оз от 8 мая 2014 г. «Об объединении муниципальных образований "Приморское городское поселение" Выборгского района Ленинградской области и "Глебычевское сельское поселение" Выборгского района Ленинградской области и о внесении изменений в отдельные Областные законы». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Вести", №112, 23 июня 2010 г. (Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast. Oblast Law #32-oz of June 15, 2010 *On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Leningrad Oblast and on the Procedures for Its Change*, as amended by the Oblast Law #23-oz of May 8, 2014 *On Merging the Municipal Formations of "Primorskoye Urban Settlement" in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast and "Glebychevskoye Rural Settlement" in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast and on Amending Various Oblast Laws*. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).

- Законодательное собрание Ленинградской области. Областной закон №17-оз от 10 марта 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и наделении соответствующим статусом муниципальных образований Всеволожский район и Выборгский район и муниципальных образований в их составе», в ред. Областного закона №23-оз от 8 мая 2014 г. «Об объединении муниципальных образований "Приморское городское поселение" Выборгского района Ленинградской области и "Глебычевское сельское поселение" Выборгского района Ленинградской области и о внесении изменений в отдельные Областные законы». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Вести", №27, 11 марта 2004 г. (Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast. Oblast Law #17-oz of March 10, 2004 *On Establishing the Borders of and Granting an Appropriate Status to the Municipal Formations of Vsevolozhsky District and Vyborgsky District and to the Municipal Formations Comprising It*, as amended by the Oblast Law #23-oz of May 8, 2014 *On Merging the Municipal Formations of "Primorskoye Urban Settlement" in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast and "Glebychevskoye Rural Settlement" in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast and on Amending Various Oblast Laws*. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).

- Е. М. Поспелов (Ye. M. Pospelov). "Имена городов: вчера и сегодня (1917–1992). Топонимический словарь." (*City Names: Yesterday and Today (1917–1992). Toponymic Dictionary.*) Москва, "Русские словари", 1993.

## External links

Media related to [Kamennogorsk](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kamennogorsk) at Wikimedia Commons

- [Official website of Kamennogorsk](https://kamennogorsk.vbglenobl.ru/) (in Russian)

- [Kamennogorsk Business Directory](https://kamennogorsk.jsprav.ru/) (in Russian)

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