Tosno is a town and the administrative center of Tosnensky District

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...

, located on the Tosna River

Tosna River

Tosna River is a river in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, a left tributary of Neva River. The towns of Tosno, Nikolskoye, and Otradnoye are located along the Tosna .Sablinskiye Caves are located by the Tosna River....

, 53 kilometres (32.9 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:

The M10 motorway connecting Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

 to St. Petersburg and the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway

Moscow-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...

 pass through the town.

History

The village of Tosno was first mentioned in Russian chronicles in 1500. Its development in the 18th and 19th centuries was mainly due to its geographic location on the road between the two Russian capitals. It was mostly destroyed during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

and subsequently rebuilt. Town status was granted to it in 1963.