Lakhta-Olgino Municipal Okrug is a municipal okrug

Administrative divisions of Saint Petersburg

The federal city of Saint Petersburg, Russia, is divided into eighteen city districts , which are in turn subdivided into municipal okrugs, municipal towns, and municipal settlements.-Admiralteysky District:...

 of Primorsky District

Primorsky District, Saint Petersburg

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 of the federal city

Federal cities of Russia

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 of St. Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

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, Russia

Russia

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, comprising that city's historical areas of Lakhta

Lakhta, Saint Petersburg

Lakhta is a historical area in Lakhta-Olgino Municipal Okrug of St. Petersburg, Russia, situated west of Lake Lakhta . It was formerly owned by Peter the Great, Count Grigory Orlov, and Count Stenbock-Fermor . The Lakhta railway station of the Primorsky Railway connects Lakhta to Central...

 and Olgino

Olgino

Olgino is a historical area in Lakhta-Olgino Municipal Okrug of St. Peterburg, Russia, located south-west of the area of Lakhta and east of Lisy Nos. This part of the Neva Bay coast was owned in the mid-19th century by Count Stenbock-Fermor, of Swedish provenance, who bestowed upon it the...

. It is located just north of the Gulf of Finland

Gulf of Finland

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Finnish associations

The district takes its name from Lake Lakhta, which depending on definition may also be classed as an inlet

Inlet

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 of the Neva Bay

Neva Bay

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. Lahti is a Finnish

Finnish language

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 word meaning "inlet", and there is a city in Finland

Finland

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 also called Lahti

Lahti

Lahti is a city and municipality in Finland.Lahti is the capital of the Päijänne Tavastia region. It is situated on a bay at the southern end of lake Vesijärvi about north-east of the capital Helsinki...

. Lakhta is a Russian transliteration of Lahti. The municipality of Lakhta was historically populated with Finns, though it never was part of Finland, as Finland only gained its independence in 1917. By the 1880s approximately 80% of the peasants were Finnish and spoke poor Russian. Lakhta is located on the Karelian isthmus

Karelian Isthmus

The Karelian Isthmus is the approximately 45–110 km wide stretch of land, situated between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia, to the north of the River Neva . Its northwestern boundary is the relatively narrow area between the Bay of Vyborg and Lake Ladoga...

, in Northern Ingria

Ingria

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 near historic Finnish Karelia

Finnish Karelia

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