According to "The topographical map of parts of St. Petersburg and Vyborg Provinces" in 1860 adjacent villages Gubki and Romanivka had up to 18 peasant households each.

[5] On the plan of the general land surveying of the Shlisselburgsky district, they are mentioned as Gubkina and Romanovka villages.

[6] In 1862, Gubki was a possessory village, with the water supply system, 41 yards, population of 119 men, 105 women and volost board.

Gubki was the village, on the territory of Gubinsky rural community near the settlement of tenants under the name of Melnichny Ruchey.

In the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries, the village belonged to the Ryabovsky volost of the 2nd county of the Shlisselburgsky Uyezd of Saint Petersburg Governorate.

According to administrative data of 1933, the villages belonged to the Romanovsky Finnish national Village Council: Melnichny Ruchey, Volchie Gory, Kornevo, Proba, Lepsara, Romanovka, Babino, Gubki, Uglovo, Pugarevo, Maloe Pugarevo, Kyasselevo, Rumbolovo and Radost settlement.

[14] An annual international winter marathon "Road of Life" on a distance of 10 km is held in Romanovka.

Romanovka is located to the east of St. Petersburg on a way to Lake Ladoga, the 13th kilometer of the Road of Life (A128), three km away from Vsevolozhsk.