Leningrad Oblast

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federal subject of Russia oblast of Russia

Leningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia surrounding but not including Saint Petersburg, known for its historical regions such as the Karelian Isthmus and its strategic location in northwestern Russia.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Leningrad region	4
Saint Petersburg region	2
Leningrad Governorate	1
Leningrad Oblast (historical region context)	1
Leningrad Oblast (historically)	1
Leningrad area	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal subject of Russia ⓘ oblast of Russia ⓘ
administrativeCenter	Gatchina ⓘ
borders	Estonia ⓘ Finland ⓘ Novgorod Oblast ⓘ Pskov Oblast ⓘ Russian Republic of Karelia ⓘ surface form: Republic of Karelia Vologda Oblast ⓘ
capital	Gatchina ⓘ
containsCity	Boksitogorsk ⓘ Kingisepp ⓘ Kirishi ⓘ Kirovsk ⓘ Luga ⓘ Priozersk ⓘ Slantsy ⓘ Sosnovy Bor ⓘ Tikhvin ⓘ Volkhov ⓘ Vyborg ⓘ
containsFortress	Shlisselburg ⓘ surface form: Shlisselburg Fortress
containsUNESCOSite	Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings (partly) ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
formerAdministrativeCenter	Leningrad ⓘ St. Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg
hasBorderOnSea	Gulf of Finland ⓘ
hasHistoricalRegion	Ingria ⓘ surface form: Ingermanland Karelian Isthmus ⓘ Ladoga Karelia ⓘ
hasLake	Lake Ladoga ⓘ Lake Onega ⓘ
hasMinorityLanguage	Finnish ⓘ Karelian language ⓘ surface form: Karelian Veps language ⓘ surface form: Veps
hasPort	Primorsk ⓘ Ust-Luga ⓘ Vyborg ⓘ
hasRiver	Luga River ⓘ Neva River ⓘ Svir River ⓘ Volkhov River ⓘ
hasStrategicLocation	Baltic Sea coast region ⓘ surface form: Baltic Sea region border area with European Union ⓘ
historicallyPartOf	Leningrad Oblast self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Leningrad Governorate
locatedIn	European Russia ⓘ Northwestern Federal District ⓘ northwestern Russia ⓘ
namedAfter	Leningrad ⓘ
partOf	Russia ⓘ surface form: Russian Federation
surrounds	St. Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg
timeZone	Moscow Time ⓘ
usesLanguage	Russian ⓘ

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

16th Army (Wehrmacht) → areaOfOperations → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leningrad region

Army Group North → areaOfOperations → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leningrad region

Karelian Isthmus → borderedBy → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Petersburg region

Tver Oblast → borderedBy → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Vologda Oblast → borderedBy → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Pskov Oblast → borders → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Novgorod Oblast → bordersWith → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union → capitalOf → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Northwestern Federal District → containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Northwestern Federal Okrug → containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Okhta River → countrySubdivision → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Ladoga Karelia → currentAdministrativeRegion → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Ingria → currentAdministrativeRegionOverlap → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Izhora River → flowsThrough → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Axis forces on the Eastern Front → geographicScope → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leningrad region

Leningrad Oblast → historicallyPartOf → Leningrad Oblast self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leningrad Governorate

Northwestern FD → includesRegion → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo → locatedIn → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Petersburg region

Izhora River → locatedIn → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Kronstadt → locatedIn → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Lake Ladoga → locatedIn → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Lake Ladoga ice road → locatedIn → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Neva Bay → locatedIn → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Okhta River → locatedIn → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery → locatedIn → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Road of Life → locatedIn → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Shlisselburg → locatedIn → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Summa, Karelian Isthmus → locatedIn → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Tosna River → locatedIn → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Tsarskoye Selo → locatedIn → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Tsarskoye Selo State Museum of Fine Arts and Historic Monuments → locatedIn → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Vuoksi River → locatedIn → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Vyborg → locatedIn → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

GermanArmyGroupNorth → operationArea → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leningrad region

Karelian Isthmus → partOf → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Kotlin Island → partOf → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union → partOf → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

18th Army (Wehrmacht) → primaryAreaOfOperations → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leningrad area

Neva River → region → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Pushkin → region → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leningrad Oblast (historically)

Zayachy Island → region → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leningrad Oblast (historical region context)

Izhora River → sourceLocation → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Tosna River → sourceLocation → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Karelian language → spokenIn → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Baltic Fleet (Soviet Union) → stationedIn → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ

Tver Governorate → successor → Leningrad Oblast ⓘ