Rakhya

Rakhya (Rahja, Russian: Рахья) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Vsevolozhsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus northeast of Saint Petersburg.

[7] In the end of the 19th century, Pavel Korf bought lands which currently belong to the settlement, for peat production.

[9] On August 1, 1927, the uyezds were abolished and Leninsky District, with the administrative center in the settlement of Vsevolozhskoye, was established.

[8] Currently, the main industrial enterprise in Rakhya is a paint-producing plant.

Rakhya contains four objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local significance.