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Lisy Nos (
Russian: Ли́сий Нос; literally, "
fox's
nose";
Finnish: Revonnenä) is a
municipal settlement in
Primorsky District of the
federal city of
St. Petersburg,
Russia, located on the cape of the same name in the northern part of the
Kronstadt Bay. Population: 4,759 (
2010 Russian census);
[1] 2,563 (
2002 Census).
[2]
The settlement originated in the mid-19th century as a
dacha village near a coastal fort, or
redoubt, designed to defend St. Petersburg from the projected British raid during the
Crimean War. The
Primorsky Railway (1871) runs through the settlement. It is the site of the
Lisiy Nos railway station. The
Saint Petersburg Dam runs south from Lisy Nos toward
Kotlin Island.
References
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^ 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.
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^
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).