Vysotsk
Sign in to saveVysotsk (; ; ) is a coastal town and a seaport in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus, on the eastern shore of the Vyborg Bay, southwest of Vyborg and northwest of St. Petersburg. It hosts a base of the Russian Baltic Fleet and, since 2004, an oil terminal. Population: In terms of population, it remains one of the smallest towns in Russia.
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Vysotsk
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Высоцк
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Vysotsk railway station.JPG
- Russian inhabited locality.image_caption
- Vysotsk railway station
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- right
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Vysotskoe GP.png
- Russian inhabited locality.image_flag
- Flag of Vysotck (Leningrad oblast).png
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Leningrad Oblast
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_district_jur
- Vyborgsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_jur
- Vysotskoye Settlement Municipal Formation
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_selsoviet_type
- Settlement municipal formation
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_ctr_of
- Vysotskoye Settlement Municipal Formation
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_district_jur
- Vyborgsky Municipal District
- Russian inhabited locality.urban_settlement_jur
- Vysotskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.mun_admctr_of
- Vysotskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian inhabited locality.pop_2010census
- 1244
- Russian inhabited locality.established_date
- beginning ofthe 18th century
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1121
- Area
- 39.81
- Official website
- www.vysotsk.vbglenobl.ru
- Image
- Vysotsk railway station.JPG
- Dialing code
- 81378
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- Commons category
- Vysotsk
- postal code
- 188909
- time of earliest written record
- 1532-00-00
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Vysotsk (; ; ) is a coastal town and a seaport in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus, on the eastern shore of the Vyborg Bay, southwest of Vyborg and northwest of St. Petersburg. It hosts a base of the Russian Baltic Fleet and, since 2004, an oil terminal. Population: In terms of population, it remains one of the smallest towns in Russia.
==History== thumb|left|Trångsund Fortress thumb|left|Boats reconnoitring the Passage to Wyborg, 1855 Crimean War sketch
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