Pella railway station

Otradnoye (Russian: Отра́дное) is a town in Kirovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located 40 kilometers (25 mi) east of St. Petersburg on the left bank of the Neva River, at its confluence with the Tosna River. Population: 23,866 (2010 census); 21,570 (2002 census); 22,386 (1989 Soviet census).

Ivanovskaya (Russian: Ива́новская) is a railway station of the October railway, located in Otradnoye (suburb of Saint Petersburg), Russia. It was opened in 1918. The station is located 33 km (21 mi) from Moscow Station (the main station in St. Petersburg) on the Sapernaya - Pella stretch, the St. Petersburg - Volkhovstroy line. There are two platforms at the station which receive electric trains 12 carriages long. There is also a ticket office.

Pella Palace (Russian: Пеллинский дворец, romanized: Pellinsky dvorets) was a summer residence built during the reign of Catherine II of Russia for her grandson, future emperor Alexander. It was situated on the left bank of the Neva River, 30 km (19 mi) east of Saint Petersburg, where the town of Otradnoye now stands. If completed, it would have been Russia's largest imperial palace. Pella, partially built in 1785–1789, was razed to the ground by Catherine's son, Paul I of Russia. Not only the buildings disappeared, but very few images of it survived the Battle of the Palaces: existing knowledge of Pella relies on a few facade elevations and watercolors by Giacomo Quarenghi and an elaborate drawing on Catherine's fan, also based on Quarenghi's drafts.

The Tosna (Russian: То́сна) is a northward river in Luzhsky, Tosnensky, and Kirovsky Districts of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, as well as in the city of Saint Petersburg. It is a left tributary of the Neva. The towns of Tosno, Nikolskoye, and Otradnoye, as well as the urban-type settlement of Ulyanovka are along it. Its length is 121 kilometres (75 mi). Its drainage basin covers 1,640 square kilometres (630 sq mi) which mainly has northward flowing streams. Its main tributary is the Yeglinka which is on the left bank.The source is in swamps south of the settlement of Radofinnikovo. The river flows north, enters Tosnensky District, passes the town of Tosno, and essentially enters the suburbs of Saint Petersburg. There, it flows through Ulyanovka and Nikolskoye. In this area, limestone rocks occasionally form the banks. In particular, Sablinskiye Caves, disused quarries, are by the river. A stretch of Tosna between Nikolskoye and Otradnoye serves as a border between the city of Saint Petersburg (west) and Leningrad Oblast (east). The mouth/confluence abuts the west of Otradnoye, a town.

Nikolskoye (Russian: Нико́льское, Finnish: Lomkka) is a town in Tosnensky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Tosna River 40 kilometers (25 mi) southeast of the center of St. Petersburg. Population: 19,280 (2010 census); 17,309 (2002 census); 17,215 (1989 Soviet census).

Ulyanovka (Russian: Ульяновка) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Tosnensky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast of the center of Saint Petersburg. Municipally it is incorporated as Ulyanovskoye Urban Settlement, one of the seven urban settlements in the district. Population: 11,601 (2010 census); 9,244 (2002 census); 9,595 (1989 Soviet census).

The Krasnyi Bor dump site is a hazardous waste landfill site in Krasny Bor, Tosnensky District, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. The site is sometimes called the "chemical Chernobyl", due to the two million tons of chemical waste accumulated there.

Sapyorny (Russian: Сапёрный) is a municipal settlement in Kolpinsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. Population: 1,378 (2010 Census); 1,401 (2002 Census);

Imeni Sverdlova (Russian: и́мени Свердло́ва) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Vsevolozhsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Neva River, southeast of the center of Saint Petersburg and opposite to Ust-Izhora. Municipally it is incorporated as Sverdlovskoye Urban Settlement, one of the eight urban settlements in the district. Population: 9,260 (2010 Census); 9,197 (2002 Census); 8,905 (1989 Census).

Krasny Bor transmitter is a large facility for longwave, mediumwave and shortwave broadcasting at Krasny Bor near Saint Petersburg, Russia. Krasny Bor transmitter was established in 1961 and belongs to the most powerful broadcasting stations in the world. It uses four mast radiators and several shortwave antennas. The tallest of these mast radiators is a 271.5 metres high guyed mast, which is equipped with a cage antenna and used for longwave broadcasting. It was built in 2002 as replacement for a 257.5 metres tall guyed mast, destroyed at a helicopter collision, which killed 6 people, on November 5, 2001. Further, there is a 257 metres tall mast radiator, which is insulated against ground and equipped with a cage antenna for medium wave broadcasting, a 106 metres tall steel tube mast radiator carrying several cage antennas in multiple levels and a 93 metres tall guyed mast radiator. Broadcasting from Krasny Bor was discontinued on January 1, 2013.

Krasny Bor (Russian: Кра́сный Бор) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Tosnensky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located 20 kilometers (12 mi) southeast of the center of St. Petersburg. Population: 5,033 (2010 Census); 4,877 (2002 Census); 5,791 (1989 Census).

The Battle of Krasny Bor was part of the Soviet offensive Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda in the Eastern Front of World War II. It called for a pincer attack near Leningrad to build on the success of Operation Iskra and completely lift the siege of Leningrad, in the process encircling a substantial part of the German 18th Army. The offensive near the town of Krasny Bor formed the western arm of the pincer. The Soviet offensive began on Wednesday, 10 February 1943, and produced noticeable gains on the first day but rapidly became a stalemate. The strong defense by the Spanish Blue Division and the German SS Polizei Division gave the German forces time to reinforce their positions. By February 13, the Soviet forces had ceased their offensive in this sector.