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Volosovo

Russia / Leningrad / Volosovo /
 city, district center
Town and the administrative center of Volosovsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the railway between St. Petersburg and Tallinn, Estonia, 85 kilometers (53 mi) southwest from St. Petersburg. Population: 12,161 (2010 Census).

Name found in the Novgorod cadastres XVI century. The name "Volosovo" connected, apparently, with the worship of the pagan god Volos (Veles), popular in Novgorod protector of cattle.

In 1870 a town was the railroad. By the end of XIX century village into a holiday village.

In September 1927 became the administrative center Volosovsky area. In 1937 he received the status of urban settlement. City Volosovo since 1999.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volosovo,_Volosovsky_District,_Leningrad_Oblast
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Coordinates:   59°27'1"N   29°27'51"E