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Vasileostrovsky District

Vasileostrovsky District
Василеостровский район (Russian)
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Vasileostrovsky District on the 2006 map of St. Petersburg
Coordinates: 59°56′38″N 30°14′30″E / 59.94389°N 30.24167°E / 59.94389; 30.24167Coordinates: 59°56′38″N 30°14′30″E / 59.94389°N 30.24167°E / 59.94389; 30.24167
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Decabrist's Garden, Vasileostrovsky District
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject federal city of St. Petersburg
Statistics
Area 21.4688 km2 (8.2892 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 203,058 inhabitants
Density 9,458.28/km2 (24,496.8/sq mi)
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)
Established 1917
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Vasileostrovsky District (Russian: Василеостро́вский райо́н) is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population: was 214,625; down from 236,856 recorded in the 2002 Census.

The district occupies the territories of Vasilyevsky and Dekabristov Islands and includes a smaller Severny Island.

The district was one of the first established in Petrograd in 1917.

Vasileostrovsky District comprises the following five municipal okrugs:

Vasilievsky island is connected to the mainland by 6 bridges, 2 bridge of Western Rapid Diameter and 4 of the bridge built sooner . Also on Vasilevsky island there are 3 undeground stations on the green line is Primorskaya and Vasileostrovskaya , and the purple line station Sportivnaya .Also built 3 more stations on the orange line.


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