Strelna

Also known as Strel'na

Strelna () is a municipal settlement in Petrodvortsovy District of the federal city of Saint Petersburg, Russia, about halfway between Saint Petersburg proper and Petergof, and overlooking the shore of the Gulf of Finland. Population:

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Russian inhabited locality.en_name: Strelna
Russian inhabited locality.ru_name: Стрельна
Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat: Municipal settlement
Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline: Государственный комплекс «Дворец конгрессов».JPG
Russian inhabited locality.image_caption: Palace of Congresses State Complex in Strelna
Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_map: Russia Saint Petersburg#European Russia#Russia
Russian inhabited locality.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Strelna
Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur: Petrodvortsovy District
Russian inhabited locality.image_flag: Flag of Strelna (St Petersburg) (2010-04).png

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Wikidata facts

Population: 14359
Official website: mo-strelna.ru
Image: Государственный комплекс «Дворец конгрессов».JPG
Dialing code: 812

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Commons category: Strelna
postal code: 198515
time of earliest written record: 1500-00-00

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History
Palace of Peter the Great
Family home of the Konstantinovichi branch of the Romanovs {{anchor|Family home of the Konstantinovichi}}
Vicissitudes in the 20th and 21st century
Other landmarks
See also
References
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==History== Strelna was first mentioned in Cadastral surveying of Vodskaya pyatina in 1500, as the village of Strelna on Retse Strelne on the Sea in the churchyard Kipen Koporsky County. After Treaty of Stolbovo these lands were part of Sweden, and in 1630 in Strelna appears as a baronial estate of Swedish politician Johan Skytte.