Lake Otradnoye
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Lake Otradnoye (; ) is a
lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
on
Karelian Isthmus The Karelian Isthmus (russian: Карельский перешеек, Karelsky peresheyek; fi, Karjalankannas; sv, Karelska näset) is the approximately stretch of land, situated between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern ...
, in
Priozersky District Priozersky District (russian: Приозерский район) is an administrativeOblast Law #32-oz and municipalLaw #50-oz district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast and bor ...
of
Leningrad Oblast Leningrad Oblast ( rus, Ленинградская область, Leningradskaya oblast’, lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, , ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established on 1 August 1927, although it was not until 194 ...
, south of the town of Priozersk. The area of the lake is , and the area of its drainage basin is . The lake is the source of the Pionerka River (Pyhäjöki River) which flows to the west and drains into Lake Komsomolskoye. In its turn, Lake Komsomolskoye drains into Vesyolaya River, a tributary of the
Vuoksi River The Vuoksi (russian: Вуокса, historically: "Uzerva"; fi, Vuoksi; sv, Vuoksen) is a river running through the northernmost part of the Karelian Isthmus from Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland to Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia. The ...
. Whereas the lake belongs to the basin of Lake Ladoga which is located about to the east, its outflow runs to the west. The main tributary of the lake is River Luchik, flowing from the north. Lake Otradnoye has an irregular shape with two bays separated by a peninsula. There are several islands on the lake, the two biggest ones are Barsukovy and Troynoy Islands. The shores of the lake are populated, with the settlements of Otradnoye, Plodovoye, Uralskoye, Solnechnoye, Kutuzovskoye, Yablonovka, Krasnopolye, and Tsvetkovo all are located at or close to the shore. Roads run along all shores of the lake except for the eastern one. A stretch of the A129 highway connecting
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
and Sortavala via Priozersk runs along the western shore, whereas other roads are local and have access to A129, as well as to the shore of Lake Ladoga. The Saint Petersburg – Hiitola railroad runs along the western shore of the lake as well, with Otradnoye being the only railway platform close to the lakeshore.


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