Naziya (russian: Назия) is an urban locality (an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

) in Kirovsky District of

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, located on the left bank of the Lava River and on the right bank of the Kovra River, east of the town of Kirovsk. Municipally it is incorporated as Naziyevskoye Urban Settlement, one of the eight urban settlements in the district. Population:

History

The settlement of Naziya was established on December 27, 1933 to facilitate the

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production which was carried out in the bogs south of the settlement. From the beginning, Naziya was established as a work settlement and was located close to the railroad station. On December 9, 1960 Mginsky District was abolished, and Naziya moved to

Volkhovsky District Volkhovsky District (russian: Во́лховский райо́н) is an administrativeOblast Law #32-oz and municipalLaw #56-oz district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central eastern part of the ob ...

. On April 1, 1977 Kirovsky District with the administrative center in Kirovsk, essentially in the limits of former Mginsky District, was established by splitting off Volkhovsky and

Tosnensky District Tosnensky District (russian: То́сненский райо́н) is an administrativeOblast Law #32-oz and municipalLaw #116-oz district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the central southwestern part of ...

s., and Naziya became a part of Kirovsky District. The settlements in the bogs (Rabochy Posyolok 1-5) which were used for peat extraction works formally belong to Naziya but are currently abandoned.

Economy

Industry

Industrial enterprises in Naziya include a saw mill and a concrete constructions plant.

Transportation

Naziya (the railway station of Zhikharevo) is located on the railway connecting

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and

Volkhov Volkhov (russian: Во́лхов) is an industrial town and the administrative center of Volkhovsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the river Volkhov east of St. Petersburg. Population: It was previously known as ''Zvanka ...

. There are direct suburban connections to Moskovsky and

Ladozhsky railway station St. Petersburg-Ladozhsky (russian: Ла́дожский вокза́л), is the newest and most modern passenger railway station in Saint Petersburg, Russia, opened in 2003. It is the only major through station in the city, the other 4 are termini ...

s in

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 ...

. Naziya has an access to the M18 Highway, located several kilometers north of the settlement and connecting Saint Petersburg with

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Culture and recreation

Naziya contains five cultural heritage monuments classified as cultural and historical heritage of local significance. All of them commemorate the events of

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* * * {{Use mdy dates, date=January 2013 Urban-type settlements in Leningrad Oblast Novoladozhsky Uyezd Kirovsky District, Leningrad Oblast