Vysotsk
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.
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Vysotsk
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Высоцк
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Vysotsk railway station.JPG
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- Vysotsk railway station
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- right
- Russian inhabited locality.image_coa
- Coat of Arms of Vysotskoe GP.png
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- 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
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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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