Rakhya

Rakhya (English)
Рахья (Russian)
-  Urban-type settlement[1]  -

Location of Leningrad Oblast in Russia
Rakhya
Location of Rakhya in Leningrad Oblast
Coordinates: 60°05′25″N 30°50′15″E / 60.09028°N 30.83750°E / 60.09028; 30.83750Coordinates: 60°05′25″N 30°50′15″E / 60.09028°N 30.83750°E / 60.09028; 30.83750
Flag
Administrative status
Country Russia
Federal subject Leningrad Oblast
Administrative district Vsevolozhsky District[1]
Municipal status (as of February 2010)
Municipal district Vsevolozhsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Rakhyinskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Rakhyinskoye Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 3,188 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Official website
Rakhya on Wikimedia Commons

Rakhya (Rahja, Russian: Рахья) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Vsevolozhsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus northeast of Saint Petersburg. Municipally it is incorporated as Rakhyinskoye Urban Settlement, one of the eight urban settlements in the district. Population: 3,188 (2010 Census);[3] 3,156 (2002 Census);[5] 3,316 (1989 Census).[6]

History

In the end of the 19th century, Pavel Korf bought lands which currently belong to the settlement, for peat production. The closest village was Irinovka. In 1892, the first narrow-gauge railroad in Russia was constructed to transport peat. Torfyanaya railway station was open in the current area of the settlement (the name Torfyanaya originates from Russian torf, for peat). The settlement around the station for a long time did not have any name and was known as the Settlement No. 1. In 1911, the production stopped, and in 1913 Korf died. The station was located in Shlisselburgsky Uyezd of Saint Petersburg Governorate (since 1913, Petrograd Governorate).[7]

The peat production resumed in the 1920s. In 1922, Torfyanaya railway station was renamed Rakhya railway station, to commemorate Jukka Rahja.[7] On February 14, 1923 Shlisselburgsky Uyezd was merged into Petrogradsky Uyezd. In January, 1924 the uyezd and the governorate were renamed Leningradsky.[8]

On August 1, 1927, the uyezds were abolished and Leninsky District, with the administrative center in the settlement of Vsevolozhskoye, was established. The governorates were also abolished, and the district was a part of Leningrad Okrug of Leningrad Oblast.[9] On August 19, 1930 Leninsky District was abolished and merged into newly established Leningradsky Prigorodny District with the administrative center in the city of Leningrad. On August 19, 1936 Leningradsky Prigorodny District was abolished, and Vsevolozhsky District, with the administrative center in Vsevolozhskoye, was established.[10] In 1946, the settlement around Rakhya railway station was made an urban-type settlement and officially received the name of Rakhya.[7]

Economy

Industry

Currently, the main industrial enterprise in Rakhya is a paint-producing plant. The peat production has been discontinued.[11]

Transportation

Rakhya is located on the railway connecting Saint Petersburg with Ladozhskoye Ozero railway station via Vsevolozhsk. There is suburban service to the Finland Station in Saint Petersburg.

Rakhya is connected by road with Vsevolozhsk and Kirovsk and has access to the M18 highway connecting Saint Petersburg and Murmansk.

Culture and recreation

Rakhya contains four objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local significance.[12] They commemorate events of the World War II. Many monuments in the localities administratively subordinated to Rakhya, such as Kokkorevo or Osinovets, commemorate the Road of Life, which during the Siege of Leningrad connected Leningrad with the rest of the Soviet Union.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по статистике. Комитет Российской Федерации по стандартизации, метрологии и сертификации. №ОК 019-95 1 января 1997 г. «Общероссийский классификатор объектов административно-территориального деления. Код 41 212 567 000», в ред. изменения №259/2014 от 12 декабря 2014 г.. (State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation. Committee of the Russian Federation on Standardization, Metrology, and Certification. #OK 019-95 January 1, 1997 Russian Classification of Objects of Administrative Division . Code 41 212 567 000, as amended by the Amendment #259/2014 of December 12, 2014. ).
  2. 1 2 3 Law #17-oz
  3. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  6. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 История поселения (in Russian). Rakhtinskoye Urban Settlement. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  8. ↑ Петроградский уезд (1917 - янв. 1924), Ленинградский уезд( янв.1924 г.- авг. 1927 г.) (in Russian). Система классификаторов исполнительных органов государственной власти Санкт-Петербурга. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
  9. ↑ Ленинский район Ленинградского округа (август 1927 г . - август 1930 г .) (in Russian). Система классификаторов исполнительных органов государственной власти Санкт-Петербурга. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  10. ↑ Всеволожский район (август 1936 г .) (in Russian). Система классификаторов исполнительных органов государственной власти Санкт-Петербурга. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  11. ↑ Рахьинское городское поселение (in Russian). allnw.ru. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  12. ↑ Памятники истории и культуры народов Российской Федерации (in Russian). Russian Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 2 June 2016.

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