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Pesochny, Saint Petersburg

Karelian IsthmusKurortny DistrictMunicipal settlements in Saint Petersburg (federal city)Use mdy dates from April 2013
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Pesochny (Russian: Песо́чный) is a municipal settlement in Kurortny District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus, on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland. Population: 8,130 (2010 census); 6,487 (2002 census); 7,761 (1989 Soviet census). Until 1925, it was called Grafskaya koloniya (Графская колония, lit. Colony of the earl), or Grafskoye (Графское) for short. Its Finnish name "Raavski" is derived from that name.

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Советская улица 7
197758 , Dibuny
Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Levashovo (air base)
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Levashovo (also Levashevo) is an air base located to the southwest of Levashovo, within the northern limits of the federal subject of Saint Petersburg, Russia. The base is home to the 33rd Independent Composite Aviation Regiment.It houses mostly small transport planes mostly belonging to 549 AB (549th Air Base), most notably the Antonov An-12, Antonov An-26, and Tupolev Tu-134, along with Mi-6 and Mi-8 helicopters. The 549th Air Base has seen many redesignations since being activated in 1942 as the 6th independent Transport Aviation Unit. 20.8.46 renamed 138th independent Mixed Aviation Regiment. 11.3.48 renamed 247th independent Mixed Aviation Squadron. 20.10.81 renamed 138th independent Mixed Aviation Regiment. 5.6.96 renamed 202nd independent Mixed Aviation Squadron. 27.4.98 renamed 138th independent Mixed Aviation Regiment. 2004 renamed 87th Aviation Base, and later 549th Aviation Base.The unit has been based at Levashevo since 1960. Aircraft in service have included the Mi-1, Mi-2, Mi-4, Mi-6 (Mi-6VPK and Mi-22 in the 1980s), Mi-8, Li-2, Il-14, An-2, An-14, An-12, An-24/26, Tu-124, Tu-134, 1981-, and the Ilyushin Il-22 from 1981. In 2000, according to the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty data exchange, the unit had 37 Mi-8 and some An-12. In 2009, the unit had two Tu-134s, 6 An-26, 5 An-12 and 5 Mi-8. The unit has been part of: 13th Air Army, 1942–1949 76th Air Army, 1949–1980 VVS Leningrad Military District, 1980–1988 76th Air Army, 1988–1998 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army VVS and PVO, 1998–present