Kolpino

A sacred image of St. Nicholas in the Trinity Church is visited by numerous pilgrims on May 22 every year.

[4] With the onset of World War II, Kolpino factory workers formed the Izhora Battalion, part of the militia, August 24 – September 4, 1941.

The front line was held in the immediate vicinity of the plant, which was subjected to heavy enemy shelling.

According to incomplete data for the war, shelling and starvation in the Kolpino district killed 4,600 people, not counting the dead on the front.

[citation needed] During the construction of a new residential building, a mass grave was discovered in Kolpino.

Location of Kolpino within the federal city of Saint Petersburg (2006)
Troitsky sobor , Izhora river , and the bridge
The memorial devoted to victims of World War II. Brotherhood cemetery of about 888 soviet soldiers. Street of Vera Slutskaya , Kolpino.
Coat of arms of Kolpino
Flag of Kolpino
Old coat of arms of Kolpino (1881)
Kolpino City Council building