Sovetsky, Leningrad Oblast

Sovetsky (Russian: Сове́тский; Finnish: Johannes) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia.

The territory had been ceded by Finland to the Soviet Union by the Moscow Peace Treaty as a result of the Winter War.

[9] On November 24, 1944, Vyborgsky District was transferred from Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic to Leningrad Oblast.On October 1, 1948 the Finnish names of localities were replaced by Russian names, and, in particular, Johannes was renamed Sovetsky,[6] to commemorate Mikhail Sovetsky, a military pilot and a Hero of the Soviet Union.

There is infrequent suburban service to Vyborg and to the Finland Station of Saint Petersburg.

Sovetsky is connected by roads with Vyborg, Vysotsk, and with Saint Petersburg via Primorsk and Zelenogorsk.