Sinyavino, Leningrad Oblast

Sinyavino (Russian Синявино ) is an urban-type settlement with 3784 inhabitants ( 14 October 2010) in the Leningrad Oblast in Russia. It is 58 km east of Saint Petersburg, 8 km north of Kirovsk, 15 km north of Mga, 12 km southeast of key castle and 10 km south from the southwestern shore of Lake Ladoga.

The village lies on the Sinyavino heights up to 150 meters rise above the surrounding countryside. It belongs to Rajon Kirovsk.

History

The place is since the beginning of the 18th century known as the surrounding lands of Tsar Peter I the Admiral Naum Senjawin (also Sinjawin, 1680 () -1738? ) And his son Alexei Senjawin ( 1722-1797, later also Admiral ) above is were. The place name is derived from a name variant of the surname of this family. 1930 Sinyavino received the status of an urban-type settlement.

In the fall of 1941, the city was occupied by German troops and was then in the southern encirclement of the German Wehrmacht to Leningrad ( Leningrad ). During the First Battle of Ladoga (August to October 1942; Russian Sinjawinsker surgery) Soviet troops tried unsuccessfully to break through the blockade. In the Third Ladoga battle, also known as Battle of the Sinyavino hills, tried the Red Army in the summer of 1943 to expand a now freely fought corridor to Leningrad. However, the German Wehrmacht was able to maintain the Sinyavino hills. The reconquest by the Soviet troops succeeded only in the course of the Leningrad - Novgorod operation beginning in 1944.

Demographics

Note: Census data

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Oleg Tyurin (1937-2010), rower, Olympic Champion 1964
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