Zelenogorsk, Saint Petersburg

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Zelenogorsk (Russian: Зеленого́рск) is a town under jurisdiction of Saint Petersburg, Russia, located in part of the Karelian Isthmus on the shore of the Gulf of Finland. It is located about fifty kilometers northwest of central Saint Petersburg. Population: 12,074 (2002 Census).

The town was won from Finland in the Moscow Peace Treaty (1940). Before that, it had belonged to Russia 1721–1812. Its name in Finnish is Terijoki.

Formally, Zelenogorsk is an integral part of the Saint Petersburg recreation area. It has been known as a summer resort for wealthy Petersburgers since 1870, when the railway between Vyborg and Petersburg was built. At the turn of the century, the town's population was estimated to have been a few thousand, rising to above 50,000 during the summers.

Under the name Terijoki, the town became known to the world during the Winter War as the site of Kuusinen's Stalinist puppet regime, the Terijoki Government.

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• terijoki.spb.ru - Site with information about the history and the modern life of Zelenogorsk/Terijoki

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