Ulyanovka () is an urban locality (an

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlement, abbreviated: ; , abbreviated: ; ; ; ; . is an official designation for lesser urbanized settlements, used in several Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern European countries. The term was primarily used in the So ...

) in Tosnensky District of

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, located approximately southeast of the center of

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. Municipally it is incorporated as Ulyanovskoye Urban Settlement, one of the seven urban settlements in the district. Population:

History

Until 1922, the name of Ulyanovka was ''Sablino''. In the 1900s, Sablino was a summer house settlement, a part of Tsarskoselsky Uyezd of

Saint Petersburg Governorate Saint Petersburg Governorate was a province (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Saint Petersburg. The governorate was composed of of area and 2,112,033 inhabitants. It was bordered by Governorate of Estonia, Estonian and G ...

. In 1918, Sablino split off Tosnenskaya Volost and became the center of Sablinskaya Volost. On November 20, 1918 the uyezd was renamed Detskoselsky. Sablino was renamed Ulyanovka in 1922 after

Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ( 187021 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He was the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 until Death and state funeral of ...

whose original surname was Ulyanov. On August 12, 1922 Detskoselsky Uyezd was merged with Petergofsky Uyezd to form Gatchinsky Uyezd (since 1923, Trotsky Uyezd). On June 16, 1925 Ulyanovka was granted urban-type settlement status. On February 7, 1927, it was transferred to Leningradsky Uyezd. The governorate was renamed Petrogradsky in 1913 and Leningradsky in 1924. On August 1, 1927, the uyezds were abolished and Kolpinsky District, with the administrative center in the town of

Kolpino Kolpino () is a administrative divisions of Saint Petersburg, municipal city in Kolpinsky District of the federal cities of Russia, federal city of Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia, located on the Izhora River (tributary of th ...

, was established. The governorates were also abolished, and the district was a part of Leningrad Okrug of

. Ulyanovka became a part of Kolpinsky District. On July 23, 1930, the okrugs were abolished as well, and the districts were directly subordinated to the oblast. On August 19, 1930 the district was abolished. Ulyanovka became a part of newly established Tosnensky District.

Economy

Industry

In Ulyanovka, there is a plant producing aluminium tubes and a plant producing block timber homes.

Transportation

Ulyanovka ( Sablino railway station) is an important railway node, a crossing of the Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway and the railroad between

Mga Mga () 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. Population: The name is almost certainly derived from the iden ...

and

Gatchina Gatchina (, ) is a town and the administrative center of Gatchinsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies south-south-west of St. Petersburg, along the E95 highway which links Saint Petersburg and Pskov. Population: It was pr ...

, encircling Saint Peterburg from the south. The M10 highway, connecting Saint Petersburg and Moscow, passes west of Ulyanovka, and the A120 road, which encircles Saint Petersburg, passes east and south of the settlement. Ulyanovka is additionally connected by a road with Otradnoye via Nikolskoye.

Culture and recreation

Ulyanovka contains two objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of federal significance and one designated as a historical monument of local significance. The federal monuments are the houses (formerly summer houses) visited by Vladimir Lenin; one of them was owned by his sister, Anna Ulyanova. The local monument is a mass grave of soldiers fallen during World War II.

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* * * {{Authority control Urban-type settlements in Leningrad Oblast Tsarskoselsky Uyezd