Gora-Valdai

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Gora-Valdai (finsk. Harjavalta) - a village in the urban settlements of Lebyazhenskogo Lomonosov district, Leningrad region of Russia. Population in 1997 - 478 people. Before the collapse of the Soviet Union in the village was located a military town, which belonged to the rear of the Baltic Fleet aviation. The town had the status of a closed military facility. It was located 10 km north-east of Sosnovy Bor. Located on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, the Goravaldayskogo Lake. Gore-Valday is a 30-kilometer zone of the Leningrad nuclear power plant. Along the perimeter of the village adjacent to the forest zone of the area of 98,6 hectares. At 5 km from Gore-Valdai (village Shepeleva) in Batareynaya Bay Oil Company «Surgutneftegaz» anticipated construction of marine terminal for shipping petroleum products. History After the victory in the Northern War (1700-1721 gg.) Peter I Koporskogo a significant portion of the county Ingermanlandii granted to his closest associates Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov. Territory Manor Karavaldayskoy, as it was then called, was divided into two parts, the boundary was the middle Karavaldayskogo (now Goravaldayskogo) lake. The western half of the village and Karavalday (etymology of the name is unclear), standing on the northern shore, have been granted to Major-General SA Shepeleva, brother of the chief gofmarshala Imperial Palace, and the village became known as Shepeleva. Later the name was changed first at Mount Valday, then - on the Mount-Valday. By Izhorskiye and Finnish village called Harjavalta, which presumably comes from the prehistorical personal name, borrowed from drevnegermanskogo language. The eastern part of the lake and the villages of Gora-Valdai, Pulkovo and Black won Lahta AG Razumovsky. In 1822 exactly, did possess a valid statesman adviser DN Dobrzhansky. He created on the eastern shore of the lake a small estate - Alyutino. In 1839, the estate was for sale, and bought his college assessor AI Drebs. At the end of XIX century Alyutino acquired merchant IA Voronin. In 1898, at the expense of Voronin to the Gore-Valdai laid Holy Trinity Church. In 1903, its construction was completed. The project served as the architect of St. Petersburg VA Kosyakov. Prior to the nearest temple was in Kovash - 9 kilometers. Holy Trinity Church is at 600, so that it could take advantage of all the peasants of the environs. In 1920 at the Gore-Valday military came and forced the priest. And then staged a military town, it cordoned off with barbed wire. Gradually, the temple fell into neglect. Sights * Holy Trinity Church Живоначальной (1899) * War of the, in front of the gate which is a helicopter Estate Alyutino * * * Lake Goravaldayskoe battery «grizzle»