Toksovo

Toksovo (in English) Токсово (Russian)
- Urban-type settlement -
Toksovo railway station
Location of Leningrad Oblast in Russia
Toksovo Location of Toksovo in Leningrad Oblast
Coordinates: 60°09′20″N 30°31′30″E / 60.15556°N 30.52500°E / 60.15556; 30.52500Coordinates: 60°09′20″N 30°31′30″E / 60.15556°N 30.52500°E / 60.15556; 30.52500

Coat of arms
Administrative status
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Leningrad Oblast
Administrative district	Vsevolozhsky District
Municipal status (as of February 2010)
Municipal district	Vsevolozhsky Municipal District
Urban settlement	Toksovskoye Urban Settlement
Administrative center of	Toksovskoye Urban Settlement
Statistics
Population (2010 Census)	6,127 inhabitants
Time zone	MSK (UTC+03:00)
Urban-type settlement status since	1963
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Toksovo (Russian: То́ксово; Finnish: Toksova) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Vsevolozhsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located 20 kilometers (12 mi) to the north of St. Petersburg on the Karelian Isthmus. It is served by two neighboring stations of the Saint Petersburg-Khiytola railroad: Toksovo (constructed in 1917) and Kavgolovo (1929) (which serves a popular ski resort). Population: 6,127 (2010 Census);5,893 (2002 Census);5,699 (1989 Census).

Toksovo was first mentioned in chronicles in 1500. At the time, it belonged to Vodskaya Pyatina, one of the five pyatinas Novgorod Lands were subdivided into. In 1583, after the Livonian War, it became Swedish. In 1708, in the Great Northern War, it was conquered by Russia. In the same year, it was included into Saint Petersburg Governorate, and later on became a part of Shlisselburgsky Uyezd. In 1914, the governorate was renamed Leningradsky.

In the 19th century, the region became a ski resort and a dacha place, known as the "Finnish Switzerland" or "Saint Petersburg Switzerland."

After the October Revolution, North Ingria, including Toksovo, seceded from Bolshevist Russia, but was reincorporated with the Treaty of Tartu at the end of 1920. On February 14, 1923 Shlisselburgsky Uyezd was merged into Petrogradsky Uyezd. In January, 1924 the uyezd and the governorate were renamed Leningradsky.