Priladozhsky (russian: Прила́дожский) 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

Leningrad Oblast Leningrad Oblast ( rus, Ленинградская область, Leningradskaya oblast’, lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, , ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It was established on 1 August 1927, a ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

, located from the southern shore of

Lake Ladoga Lake Ladoga (; rus, Ла́дожское о́зеро, r=Ladozhskoye ozero, p=ˈladəʂskəjə ˈozʲɪrə or rus, Ла́дога, r=Ladoga, p=ˈladəɡə, fi, Laatokka arlier in Finnish ''Nevajärvi'' ; vep, Ladog, Ladoganjärv) is a fresh ...

, on the left bank of the Naziya River, east of the town of Kirovsk. Municipally, together with the village of

Naziya Naziya (russian: Назия) is an types of inhabited localities in Russia, urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Kirovsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Kirovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Lava Rive ...

, it is incorporated as Priladozhskoye Urban Settlement, one of the eight urban settlements in the district. Population:

History

The settlement was founded in 1978 when the construction of the Sinyavinskaya Broiler Farm, at the time the largest broiler farm in Europe, started. On November 19, 1981 it was named Priladozhsky and granted urban-type settlement status.

Economy

Industry

The biggest industrial enterprise in Priladozhsky is the Sinyavinskaya Broiler Farm.

Transportation

The M18 highway, which connects Saint Petersburg and Murmansk, runs north of Priladozhsky. In the beginning of the 19th century, a system of canals bypassing Lake Ladoga were built, which at the time were a part of

Mariinsk Canal System Mariinsk (russian: link=no, Мариинск) is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, where the Trans-Siberian Railway crosses the Kiya River ( Ob's basin), northeast of Kemerovo, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 39,700 (19 ...

, connecting the Neva and the

Volga River The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Cas ...

. In particular, the

New Ladoga Canal The Ladoga Canal (russian: Лaдожский канал, Ladozhsky Canal) is a historical water transport route, now situated in Leningrad Oblast, linking the Neva and the Svir River so as to bypass the stormy waters of Lake Ladoga which lies i ...

connects the Volkhov and the Neva. It replaced the

Old Ladoga Canal The Ladoga Canal (russian: Лaдожский канал, Ladozhsky Canal) is a historical water transport route, now situated in Leningrad Oblast, linking the Neva and the Svir River so as to bypass the stormy waters of Lake Ladoga which lies i ...

, built by

Peter the Great Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...

, which thus became disused and decayed. The canals collectively are known as the

Ladoga Canal The Ladoga Canal (russian: Лaдожский канал, Ladozhsky Canal) is a historical water transport route, now situated in Leningrad Oblast, linking the Neva and the Svir River so as to bypass the stormy waters of Lake Ladoga which lies ...

. Both canals run along the southern shore of Lake Ladoga, north of Priladozhsky.

Culture and recreation

Priladozhsky contains four cultural heritage monuments classified as cultural and historical heritage of local significance. They commemorate the events of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

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