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    Yelagin Island

    Елагин остров, Jelagin-Insel, Mistulasaari

    59°59′N 30°16′E

    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 and has a few other buildings as well.

    Aerial photo of Elagin Island in Saint Petersburg (Russia).
    Aerial photo of Elagin Island in Saint Petersburg (Russia).

    A.Savin / FAL

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    59°59′N 30°16′E

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    Overview

    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 and has a few other buildings as well. A former suburban estate of 18th-century Russian nobles and later of Empress Maria, widow of Paul I of Russia, since the Russian Revolution of 1917 it has served as a city public park. It is officially Central Park of Culture and Rest, named after Sergey Kirov, a notable Bolshevik leader of the early 1930s who supervised development of the city.

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    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
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    • Wikipedia

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