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Lisy Nos (russian: Ли́сий Нос; literally, "
fox
Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush'').
Twelve sp ...
's
nose
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"; fi, Revonnenä) is a
municipal settlement in
Primorsky District
Primorsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia. The name literally means "near the sea".
Districts of the federal subjects
*Primorsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast, an administrative and municipal distr ...
of the
federal city
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of
St. Petersburg,
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, located on the cape of the same name in the northern part of the
Kronstadt Bay
The Neva Bay (Russian: Не́вская губа́, ''Névskaya Gubá''), also known as the Gulf of Kronstadt, is the easternmost part of the Gulf of Finland between Kotlin Island and the Neva River estuary where Saint Petersburg city centre is ...
. Population:
The settlement originated in the mid-19th century as a
dacha
A dacha ( rus, дача, p=ˈdatɕə, a=ru-dacha.ogg) is a seasonal or year-round second home, often located in the exurbs of post-Soviet countries, including Russia. A cottage (, ') or shack serving as a family's main or only home, or an outbu ...
village near a coastal fort, or
redoubt
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, designed to defend St. Petersburg from the projected British raid during the
Crimean War
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Geopolitical causes of the war included the de ...
. The
Primorsky Railway
The Primorskaya line was the second line constructed by the Primorskaya railway, near St. Petersburg, Russia. It is now part of the Oktyabrskaya Railway and was electrified in 1952.
History
Its first stage was opened on July 12, 1894 - the ...
(1871) runs through the settlement. It is the site of the
Lisiy Nos railway station
Lisy Nos railway station (russian: Ста́нция Ли́сий нос), Fox Nose is a railway station in Lisy Nos, St. Petersburg, Russia. At the time of opening, in 1894, it was called Razdelnaya.
It was built by the Joint-stock comp ...
. The
Saint Petersburg Dam
The Saint Petersburg Flood Prevention Facility Complex ( rus, Ко́мплекс защи́тных сооруже́ний Санкт-Петербу́рга от наводне́ний, kómpleks zashchítnykh sooruzhéniy Sankt-Peterbúrga ot ...
runs south from Lisy Nos toward
Kotlin Island.
References
Municipal settlements under jurisdiction of Saint Petersburg
Primorsky District, Saint Petersburg
Headlands of Russia
Landforms of Saint Petersburg
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