Nikolskoye, Tosnensky District, Leningrad Oblast
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| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Leningrad Oblast |
| Administrative district | Tosnensky District |
| Settlement municipal formation | Nikolskoye Settlement Municipal Formation |
| Administrative center of | Nikolskoye Settlement Municipal Formation |
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| Municipal district | Tosnensky Municipal District |
| Urban settlement | Nikolskoye Urban Settlement |
| Administrative center of | Nikolskoye Urban Settlement |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 19,280 inhabitants |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Established | 1710 |
| Town status since | August 6, 1990 |
| Postal code(s) | 187026 |
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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 Census).
It was founded in 1710, when Peter the Great resettled here a number of masons from Central Russia to serve newly founded St. Petersburg and surroundings. There were quarries around Nikolskoye and the settlement supplied stone, brick, and timber to St. Petersburg. The name was given because the settlers brought an icon of Saint Nicholas and built a church to host the icon.
In the course of the administrative reform carried out in 1708 by Peter the Great, the area was included into Ingermanland Governorate (known since 1710 as St. Petersburg Governorate). In 1727, it became a part of Sankt-Peterburgsky Uyezd.
In 1876, colonel Boris Vinner bought a piece of land from the peasants of the selo of Nikolskoye and in 1877 he opened there a privately owned gunpowder works, known as Yekaterininsky Zavod. Around the same time, a glass factory was opened. It belonged to merchant Maximilian Frank and was eventually destroyed during World War II. Quarries around Nikolskoye stopped operating in the 1920s.
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