Lyuban
Encyclopedia
Lyuban is a town in Tosnensky District
of Leningrad Oblast
, Russia
, situated on the Tigoda River
85 kilometres (52.8 mi) southeast of St. Petersburg
. Population:
passes through the town. The main industrial enterprise is a lumber plant.
Tosnensky District
Tosnensky District is an administrative and municipal district of Leningrad Oblast, Russia. Area: . Population: The district was established in 1930 on the territory of abolished Lubansky District and parts of Detskoselsky and Kolpinsky Districts....
of Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . It was established on August 1, 1927, although it was not until 1946 that the oblast's borders had been mostly settled in their present position...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, situated on the Tigoda River
Tigoda River
Tigoda is a river in Novgorod Oblast and Leningrad Oblast in Russia, a left tributary of the Volkhov River. It starts in swamps at the level of 55 meters near the Ogorelye station of the railroad connecting Velikiy Novgorod and Saint Petersburg , and joins the Volkhov at the level of 17 meters ....
85 kilometres (52.8 mi) southeast of St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
. Population:
History
It has been known since the 15th century. Town status was granted to it in 1912. The Moscow-Saint Petersburg RailwayMoscow-Saint Petersburg Railway
The Moscow to Saint Petersburg Railway is a railway running between the two largest Russian cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and through four oblasts: Moscow, Tver, Novgorod and Leningrad...
passes through the town. The main industrial enterprise is a lumber plant.