Leningrad Oblast, Russia Administrative center:According to Article 13 of the Charter of Leningrad Oblast, the government bodies of the oblast are located in the city of St. Petersburg. However, St. Petersburg is not officially named to be the administrative center of the oblast. NoneAs of 2014: Number of districts(районы) 17 Number of cities/towns(города) 32 Number of urban-type settlements(посёлки городского типа) 32 Number of volosts(волости) 205As of 2002:Results of the 2002 Russian Population Census—Territory, number of districts, inhabited localities, and rural administrations of the Russian Federation by federal subject Number of rural localities(сельские населённые пункты) 2,908 Number of uninhabited rural localities(сельские населённые пункты без населения) 137 Administratively, Leningrad Oblast is divided into seventeen districts and a town of oblast significance, Sosnovy Bor. Lomonosovsky District is the only one in Russia which has its administrative center (the town of Lomonosov) located in the area of a different subject of Russian Federation (the federal city of Saint Petersburg, which is not a part of Leningrad Oblast).
In terms of the area, the biggest administrative district is Podporozhsky District (); the smallest one is Lomonosovsky District ().
Administrative and municipal divisions
Division Structure OKATO OKTMO Urban-type settlement/district-level town* Rural(volost)AdministrativeMunicipal Sosnovy Bor (Сосновый Бор)In 2010, the administrative division of Leningrad Oblast was harmonized with the municipal division, see Sosnovy Bor was left as the only town of oblast significance, whereas all other towns, which previously were towns of oblast significance, were subordinated to the districts. city urban okrug 41 454 41 754 Boksitogorsky (Бокситогорский) district 41 203 41 603 Boksitogorsk (Бокситогорск) town* Pikalyovo (Пикалёво) town* Yefimovsky (Ефимовский) 14 Volosovsky (Волосовский) district 41 206 41 606 Volosovo (Волосово) town* 14 Volkhovsky (Волховский) district 41 209 41 609 Novaya Ladoga (Новая Ладога) town* Syasstroy (Сясьстрой) town* Volkhov (Волхов) town* 15 Vsevolozhsky (Всеволожский) district 41 212 41 612 Vsevolozhsk (Всеволожск) town* Kudrovo (Кудрово) town* Murino (Мурино) town* Sertolovo (Сертолово) town* Dubrovka (Дубровка) Imeni Morozova (Имени Морозова) Imeni Sverdlova (Имени Свердлова) Kuzmolovsky (Кузьмоловский) Rakhya (Рахья) Toksovo (Токсово) Yanino-1 (Янино-1) 12 Vyborgsky (Выборгский) district 41 215 41 615 Kamennogorsk (Каменногорск) town* Primorsk (Приморск) town* Svetogorsk (Светогорск) town* Vyborg (Выборг) town* Vysotsk (Высоцк) town* Lesogorsky (Лесогорский) Roshchino (Рощино) Sovetsky (Советский) 22 Gatchinsky (Гатчинский) district 41 218 41 618 Gatchina (Гатчина) town* Kommunar (Коммунар) town* Druzhnaya Gorka (Дружная Горка) Siversky (Сиверский) Taytsy (Тайцы) Vyritsa (Вырица) 17 Kingiseppsky (Кингисеппский) district 41 221 41 621 Ivangorod (Ивангород) town* Kingisepp (Кингисепп) town* 9 Kirishsky (Киришский) district 41 224 41 624 Kirishi (Кириши) town* Budogoshch (Будогощь) 6 Kirovsky (Кировский) district 41 225 41 625 Kirovsk (Кировск) town* Otradnoye (Отрадное) town* Shlisselburg (Шлиссельбург) town* Mga (Мга) Naziya (Назия) Pavlovo (Павлово) Priladozhsky (Приладожский) Sinyavino (Синявино) 5 Lodeynopolsky (Лодейнопольский) district 41 227 41 627 Lodeynoye Pole (Лодейное Поле) town* Svirstroy (Свирьстрой) 8 Lomonosovsky (Ломоносовский) district 41 230 41 630 Bolshaya Izhora (Большая Ижора) Lebyazhye (Лебяжье) 13 Luzhsky (Лужский) district 41 233 41 633 Luga (Луга) town* Tolmachyovo (Толмачёво) 19 Podporozhsky (Подпорожский) district 41 236 41 636 Podporozhye (Подпорожье) town* Nikolsky (Никольский) Vazhiny (Важины) Voznesenye (Вознесенье) 7 Priozersky (Приозерский) district 41 239 41 639 Priozersk (Приозерск) town* Kuznechnoye (Кузнечное) 12 Slantsevsky (Сланцевский) district 41 242 41 642 Slantsy (Сланцы) town* 7 Tikhvinsky (Тихвинский) district 41 245 41 645 Tikhvin (Тихвин) town* 13 Tosnensky (Тосненский) district 41 248 41 648 Lyuban (Любань) town* Nikolskoye (Никольское) town* Tosno (Тосно) town* Fornosovo (Форносово) Krasny Bor (Красный Бор) Ryabovo (Рябово) Ulyanovka (Ульяновка) 12
Differences with municipal divisions The municipal divisions of Leningrad Oblast are identical with its administrative divisions. All of the administrative districts of Leningrad Oblast are municipally incorporated as municipal districts, and the city of oblast significance is municipally incorporated as an urban okrug.
History
Until 1927 , 1708 Tsar Peter the Great issued an edict which established seven governorates.Указ об учреждении губерний и о росписании к ним городов The description of the borders of the governorates was not given; instead, their area was defined as a set of towns and the lands adjacent to those towns. The present area of Leningrad oblast was a part of Ingermanland Governorate, which was renamed Saint Petersburg Governorate in 1710. The governorates were subdivided into uyezds, and uyezds into volosts. Eventually, parts of Saint Petersburg Governorate were split off to form separate governorates, such as Novgorod, Pskov, or Olonets Governorates. Vyborg Governorate, which was split off early, in 1812 was included into the Grand Duchy of Finland as the Viipuri Province, and in 1918 became a part of independent Finland. In 1913, Saint Petersburg Governorate was renamed Petrograd, and in 1924 Leningrad Governorate.
The east and south of the current area of the oblast was transferred in 1727 to Moscow and Novgorod Governorates. After a sequence of administrative reforms, the northeastern part of the oblast ended up in 1801 in Olonets Governorate. In June 1918, five uyezds of Novgorod Governorate, including Tikhvinsky Uyezd, were split off to form Cherepovets Governorate, with the administrative center in Cherepovets. In 1922, Olonets Governorate was abolished, and Lodeynopolsky Uyezd (which contained all areas later transferred to Leningrad Oblast) was transferred to Petrograd Governorate. Thus, by 1927 the current area of the oblast was split between three governorates — Leningrad, Novgorod, and Cherepovets.
Additionally, the areas adjacent to the Narva River, including the town of Ivangorod, were assigned to Estonia in 1920, following the Estonian War of Independence and the Treaty of Tartu, signed on February 2, 1920.
1927—1944 On August 1, 1927 the governorate was abolished, and uyezds were merged into newly established Leningrad Oblast, with the administrative center in Leningrad, which included the northwestern part of Russian Federation. The oblast was subdivided into 140 districts, which were grouped into nine okrugs, Borovichi Okrug (with the seat located in Borovichi); Cherepovets Okrug (Cherepovets); Leningrad Okrug (Leningrad); Lodeynoye Pole Okrug (Lodeynoye Pole); Luga Okrug (Luga); Murmansk Okrug (Murmansk); Novgorod Okrug (Veliky Novgorod); Pskov Okrug (Pskov); Velikiye Luki Okrug (Velikiye Luki). Murmansk Okrug was not contiguous with the rest of Leningrad Oblast and was separated from it by the territory of the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.Газета "География", №21, 2001. С. Тархов. Первая советская реформа, укрупнение единиц административно-территориального деления в 1923—1929 гг. The areas where Leningrad Oblast was established belonged previously not only to Saint Petersburg, Novgorod, and Cherepovets Governorates, but also to Murmansk and Pskov Governorates.
The following districts have been established, In Borovichi Okrug: Belsky, Bologovsky, Borovichsky, Konchansky, Minetsky, Moshenskoy, Okulovsky, Opechensky, Orekhovsky, Rozhdestvensky, Torbinsky, Uglovsky, and Valdaysky. In Cherepovets Okrug: Abakanovsky, Babayevsky, Belozersky, Borisovo-Sudsky, Cherepovetsky, Kaduysky, Kirillovsky, Myaksinsky, Nikolsko-Torzhsky, Pestovsky, Petrinyovsky, Petropavlovsky, Prisheksninsky, Sholsky, Ulomsky, Ustyzhensky, Vashkinsky, Verkhne-Chagodoshhensky, and Yefimovsky. In Leningrad Okrug: Andreyevsky, Budogoshchensky, Detskoselsky, Kapshinsky, Kingiseppsky, Kolpinsky, Kotelsky, Kuyvozovsky, Leninsky, Lyubansky, Mginsky, Moloskovitsky, Oraniyenbaumsky, Pargolovsky, Pikalyovsky, Tikhvinsky, Trotsky, Uritsky, Volosovsky, Volkhovsky, and Zhukovsky. In Lodeynoye Pole Okrug: Andomsky, Kovzhinsky, Lodeynopolsky, Oshtinsky, Pashsky, Podporozhsky, Shapshinsky, Vinnitsky, Voznesensky, Vytegorsky. In Luga Okrug: Batetsky, Gdovsky, Luzhsky, Lyadsky, Oredezhsky, Osminsky, Plyussky, Polnovsky, Rudnensky, Strugo-Krasnensky, and Utorgoshsky. In Murmansk Okrug: Aleksandrovsky, Kolsko-Loparsky, Lovozersky, Ponoysky, Teribersky, and Tersky. In Novgorod Okrug: Belebyolkovsky, Bronnitsky, Chyornovsky, Chudovsky, Demyansky, Krestetsky, Luzhensky, Malovishersky, Medvedsky, Molvotitsky, Novgorodsky, Poddorsky, Podgoshchsky, Polnovo-Seligersky, Polskoy, Soletsky, Starorussky, Volotovsky, and Zaluchsky. In Pskov Okrug: Bezhanitsky, Chikhachyovsky, Dedovichsky, Dnovsky, Karamyshevsky, Krasnogorodsky, Kudeversky, Novorzhevsky, Novoselsky, Opochetsky, Ostrovsky, Palkinsky, Porkhovsky, Pskovsky, Pushkinsky, Seryodkinsky, Slavkovsky, and Vyborsky. In Velikiye Luki Okrug: Bologovsky, Idritsky, Ilyinsky, Kholmsky, Kunyinsky, Leninsky, Loknyansky, Nasvinsky, Nevelsky, Novosokolnichesky, Oktyabrsky, Ostashkovsky, Penovsky, Porechyevsky, Pustoshkinsky, Rykovsky, Sebezhsky, Sovetsky, Toropetsky, Troitsky, Tsevelsky, Usmynsky, Ust-Dolyssky, Usvyatsky, Velizhsky, and Velikoluksky.
On October 1, 1929 Velikiye Luki Okrug was transferred to newly established Western Oblast. On August 15, 1930, the okrugs were abolished as well (with the exception of Murmansk Okrug), and the districts were directly subordinated to the oblast. Subsequently, the administrative divisions were merged and split on a regular basis, so that some districts were abolished, and others were established. On September 23, 1937 Vologda Oblast was established, and eastern districts of Leningrad Oblast were transferred to Vologda Oblast. On May 28, 1938 Murmansk Oblast was established, and the districts which belonged to Murmansk Okrug were transferred there. Between 1938 and 1944, the area of Leningrad Oblast approximately corresponded to the current area of Leningrad, Pskov, and Novgorod Oblasts.
On March 22, 1935 Pskov and Kingisepp Okrugs, adjacent to the state borders, were established. In September 1940, both were abolished.
After the Winter War in 1940, some areas which previously belonged to independent Finland were ceded to the Soviet Union, in particular, to Leningrad Oblast and to the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic.
During World War II, considerable areas of Leningrad Oblast were occupied by German and Finnish troops and thus were outside the jurisdiction of the oblast.
After 1944 On July 5, 1944, Novgorod Oblast, and on August 23, 1944 Pskov Oblast were established. The areas of Estonia adjacent to the Narva River, including the town of Ivangorod, were transferred to Leningrad Oblast on November 24, 1944. They were shared between Slantsevsky (south) and Kingiseppsky (north) Districts. On the same day some areas, which are now parts of Vyborgsky and Priozersky Districts, were transferred from the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic to Leningrad Oblast. In 1948-1949, most of the names of Finnish origin were replaced by made-up Russian names. After 1944, some areas which belonged to Leningrad Oblast, were on several occasions transferred to the federal city of Saint Petersburg.
Abolished districts After 1927 (with the exception of the aborted reform of 1963-1965) borders between the districts sometimes were modified, and as a result some of the districts were abolished. This list includes the districts which existed in the current area of Leningrad Oblast.