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Delve into Veikkola in Russia

Veikkola in the region of Leningrad is a city in Russia - some 431 mi or ( 693 km ) North-West of Moscow , the country's capital .

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Current time in Veikkola is now 09:21 AM (Monday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Moscow " with a UTC offset of 4 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Veikkola, Vaalimo, Sukhodol'ye, Sosnovo, and Sapernoye. While being here, make sure to check out Veikkola . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Veikkola ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Bubble baba challenge 2011

6:24 min by AwLeg
Views: 47634 Rating: 4.43

Ежегодный сплав на резинобабах по реке Вуокса. Камера GoPro закреплена на шлеме. Задачей пловцов является: не теряя "снаряд" выгрести к финишу. Задача проблематична, так как сильное течение сносит от ..

Countryside Russia, summer 2008

4:01 min by Shamil Salakhetdinov
Views: 1828 Rating: 5.00

Damir Salakhetdinov welcomes you to the countryside Russia, Sosonovo village, 70 km to the North from St.Petersburg... He combined this movie from video clips on which you can see Ladoga lake and othe ..


Karelia Enduro Kortjärvi Heräjärvi

0:11 min by fk1000
Views: 1422 Rating: 5.00

Good enduro path from Kiviniemi to Valkjärvi in Russian Karelia. The path crosses the river coming from Kortjärvi to Heräjärvi. There has been a bridge during Finnish era, but 70 year of russian occup ..

Ladoga Lake Snowshoes

3:17 min by Alexey Shustrov
Views: 434 Rating: 5.00

It was a Snowshoeing around and along Lake Ladoga, the biggest lake of Europe, on March 2010. Snowshoes gave us a possibility to penetrateto the nice places of Istme of Carelia. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Sosnovo, Priozersky District, Leningrad Oblast

Sosnovo is a rural locality (a logging depot settlement) in Priozersky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus, and an important railway station of the Saint Petersburg-Kuznechnoye railroad. Population: 7,209; 5,953.

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Located at 60.55 30.22 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Former municipalities of Finland, Karelian Isthmus, Rural localities in Leningrad Oblast

Petrovskoye, Leningrad Oblast

Petrovskoye is a rural locality on Karelian Isthmus, in Priozersky District of Leningrad Oblast. Before the Winter War and Continuation War, Petäjärvi was a prosperous village of the Sakkola municipality of the Viipuri province of Finland. In 1948, after the war, Petäjärvi was renamed to Petrovskoye, but the railway station of the Saint Petersburg-Hiitola railroad serving it retained its name, as there had already been another station with the name Petrovskoye in Leningrad Oblast.

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Located at 60.63 30.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Karelian Isthmus, Rural localities in Leningrad Oblast

North Ingria

The Republic of North Ingria or Republic of Kirjasalo was a short-lived state of Ingrian Finns in the southern part of the Karelian Isthmus, which seceded from Bolshevist Russia after the October Revolution. Its aim was to be incorporated into Finland. It ruled parts of Ingria from 1919 until 1920. With the Peace Treaty of Tartu it was re-integrated into Russia.

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Located at 60.48 30.09 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: 1920 disestablishments, Finland–Russia relations, Finland–Soviet Union relations, Ingria, Karelian Isthmus, Political history of Finland, Post–Russian Empire states, States and territories established in 1919

Volchya River (Vuoksi tributary)

The Volchya River is a 52 km long tributary of Vuoksi River situated on Karelian Isthmus 0.25-12 km to the west of the Saint Petersburg-Hiitola railroad (along the section between the stations Vaskelovo and Losevo) and flowing northwards from the Lembolovo Heights. Its major tributaries are in turn the Smorodinka, the Belaya, the Goryunets and the Petrovka. The Volchya River's width is about 10 m in the lower reaches, where it flows in a narrow valley, with meanders and oxbow lakes.

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Located at 60.66 30.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Karelian Isthmus, Rivers of Leningrad Oblast

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 (between 61°21’N, 59°46’N and 27°42’E, 31°08’E). Its northwestern boundary is the relatively narrow area between the Bay of Vyborg and Lake Ladoga.

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Located at 60.50 29.90 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Baltic Sea, Finland–Soviet Union relations, Geography of Leningrad Oblast, History of Finland, Ingria, Isthmuses, Karelia, Karelian Isthmus