Yelagin Island
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Yelagin Island (Russian: Елагин остров) is a park island at the mouth of the Neva River which is part of St. Petersburg, Russia. Yelagin Island is home to the Yelagin Palace but has a few other buildings as well. A former suburban estate of 18 century Russian nobles and later of a dowager Empress Maria, widow of Paul I of Russia, it has been serving since after the revolutions of 1917 as a city public park, officially Central Park of Culture and Rest named after Sergey Kirov, the famous Bolshevik city leader of early 1930s who supervised development of the city.
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Елагин остров | |
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Geography | |
Location | Gulf of Finland |
Coordinates | 59°58′46″N 30°15′37″E |
Archipelago | The Islands (historical area in Saint Petersburg, Russia) [ ru] |
Area | 0.94 km2 (0.36 sq mi) |
Length | 2.1 km (1.3 mi) |
Width | 0.8 km (0.5 mi)[1] |
Highest elevation | 18 m (59 ft) |
Administration | |
Region | Saint Petersburg |
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