Nikolskoye, Tosnensky District, Leningrad Oblast

Nikolskoye (Russian: Нико́льское, Finnish: Lomkka) is a town in Tosnensky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Tosna River 40 kilometers (25 mi) southeast of the center of St. Petersburg.

[citation needed] In 1876, colonel Boris Vinner bought a piece of land from the peasants of the selo of Nikolskoye and in 1877 he opened there a privately owned gunpowder works, known as Yekaterininsky Zavod.

[9] On August 1, 1927, the uyezds were abolished and Kolpinsky District, with the administrative center in the town of Kolpino, was established.

[12] Between September 1941 and January 1944, during World War II, Tosnensky District was occupied by German troops.

[12] Nikolskoye was lying basically at the front line during the Siege of Leningrad, and was greatly damaged.

[2] Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with three rural localities, incorporated within Tosnensky District as Nikolskoye Settlement Municipal Formation.

Nikolskoye World War II memorial (see the zoomed plaque here )