Luga district

The area of ​​the district is 6.07 thousand km², which is 8.11% of the area. According to this indicator, the district ranks fifth in the region.

Borders:

• in the north - with the Gatchina municipal district ;
• in the northeast - with the Tosnensky municipal district ;
• in the southeast - with the Novgorod region ( Novgorod , Batetsk and Shim districts );
• in the south - with the Pskov region ( Plus region );
• in the west - with the Slantsy municipal district ;
• in the northwest - with the Volosovsky municipal district .

The distance from the administrative center of the district to St. Petersburg is 140 km ^[4] .

Nature

The territory of the district has a flat relief , absolute heights of 0 - 100 meters above sea level. There are deposits of glass sand and peat .

The climate is temperate continental. The average temperature in June is 17 ° C, January is −8 ° C. Annual precipitation is 600-700 mm.

The Luga River and its tributaries Oredezh , Saba , Yaschera flow through the territory of the district. There are also many lakes in the region, the largest of which are Vyalye , Cheremenetskoye , Vrevo , Samro , Strechno. A significant part of the area is swampy.

The area is dominated by sod-podzolic, medium-podzolic and slightly podzolic soils. In the eastern part, there are sod-carbonate soils, and in the territory of the Mshinsky bog there are marsh and peaty soils.

Indigenous pine forests are preserved only in the western part of the region and in the vicinity of Luga . The north of the district is occupied by secondary aspen-birch forests, and the south and east of the district are occupied by agricultural land.

Of the mammals in the area, a fox , an elk , a wild boar , a hare, a hare , a white hare , a roe deer , a wolf , a bear live; from birds, a flying duck , a capercaillie , a black grouse , a hazel grouse , and a stork .

Protected Areas

In the district are located:

• " Mshinsky swamp " - federal integrated reserve
• "White Stone" - a regional integrated reserve
• Glebovsky Swamp - Regional Hydrological Reserve
• "North Mshinsky swamp" - a regional hydrological reserve
• Syabersky - a comprehensive regional reserve
• "Cheremenets" - a regional landscape reserve
• "Shalovo-Perechitsky" - a regional landscape reserve
• "Geological outcrops of Devonian and Ordovician rocks on the Saba River" - a geological monument of nature
• "Geological outcrops of the Devonian on the Oredezh River and near the village of Yam-Tyosovo" - a geological monument of nature
• “Geological outcrops of the Devonian and adits on the Oredezh River near the village of Borshchovo (Lake Antonovo)” - a geological monument of nature

On the territory of the district is the geographical station "Iron" ^{[5] of the} Russian State Pedagogical University. A.I. Herzen , where for more than fifty years, educational practices and scientific research of students and teachers of several faculties of the Russian State Pedagogical University have been carried out, mainly - geography and biology .

Most of the region’s territory in the past was part of the Novgorod Uyezd in Shelonsky Pyatina (territory on the left side of the Luga River along the course) and in Vodskaya Pyatina (territory on the right side of the Luga River along the course).

In 1776, during the reform of the Pskov province, some pogosts of the Novgorod district " left from the newly laid straight road from the Gatchina Manor to Porkhov on the right side " left to it from Novgorod Province .

in 1777, Luga Uyezd was formed as part of the Pskov governorate , and from 1781 as part of the St. Petersburg province (from 1914 - Petrograd, from 1924 - Leningrad).

With the establishment of Soviet power, volosts were divided into village councils, in most counties in 1918-1920.

In 1917-1927, the administrative division of the Luga district underwent repeated changes ^[6] .

Luga district was formed on August 1, 1927 as part of the Luga district of the Leningrad region .

It included 55 village councils ^{[7] of the} former Luga district of the Leningrad province (according to other sources 48) ^[6] and 2 village councils of the former Trotsky district . Luga district: 17 village councils from Luga volost (Yestomichsky, Zhglinsky, Ilzhensky, Klobutitsky, Konezersky, Korpovsky, Krensky, Krupelsky, Novoselsky, Parishchensky, Petrovsky, Pustoshensky, Rakovichsky, Slapsky, Smerdovsky, Turovsky, Shiltsevsky); from the Tolmachevsky volost 11 (12) village councils (Betkovsky, Vetchinsky, Vladychinsky, Darinsky, Dolgovsky, Zamoshsky, Kalishchensky, Krasnogorsk, Lugovsky, Sorochkinsky, Tolmachevsky, Malo-Zamoshsky ^[6] ); 16 (15) village councils from Belsko-Syabersky volost (Antonovsky, Berednikovsky, Verduzhsky, Gorneshensky, Gryazovetsky, Zaozersky, Zapolsky, Lyadsky, Oleshensky, Ostrovsky, Podeledovsky, Rensky-Rovnitsky, Sabitsky, Samokhvalovsky, Dark-Vorotsky, ⁷ Borovsk ; from the Peredolsky volost 5 village councils ^[7] ( Butkovsky, Gostkinsky, Zarechensky, Toroshkovsky, Yugostitsky ); from the Gorodensky volost 3 village councils (Zherebudsky, Kolodensky, Zapolsky (Rakovensky-Zapolsky)); from the Utorgosh volost 1 village council (Khvoshnensky). Trotsky Uyezd: from the rural municipality 2 village councils (Divensky, Yashersky).

In November 1928, as a result of enlargement, 18 village councils were liquidated ( Antonovsky , Ledsky were attached to Sabitsky; Borovsky, Zaozersky, Samokhvalovsky to Zapolsky; Gorneshensky and Podledyevsky to Verduzhsky; Gostkinsky to Butkovsky; Zherebudsky to Betkovsky ; Ilzhensky, Pustoshensky, - to Smerdovskomu; Oleshensky - to Ostrovenskoe; Rensky-Rovnitsky - to Gryazovetskaya and Zapolskaya; Sorochkinsky - to Lugovskoy, and Pehenetskomu Yascherskomu; Dark Vorotsky - to Leskovsky; Turovskii - to Slansky; Hvoshnensk th - to Konezerskomu). 6 village councils were renamed (Berednikovsky - to Voloshovsky, Vladychkinsky - to Pechenetsky, Zatoshsky - to Porechitsky, Zarechievsky - to Velikoselsky, Korpovsky - to Leskovsky, Krupelsky - to Shalovsky). The following village councils were merged: Zhglinsky and Novoselsky - in Gorodetsky, Yugostitsky and Petrovsky - in Navoloksky, Krensky and Parishchensky - in Poddubsky, Rakovensky-Zapolsky and Kolodensky - in the Rakovsky Village Council.

In 1930, in connection with the elimination of districts, the district entered directly into the region. The city of Luga - the former district center and the former city of district subordination, was included in the Luga region.

In February 1931, by decision of the Presidium of the Leningrad Executive Committee of the Leningrad Region Executive Committee, a new Antonovsky Village Council was allocated from the Sabitsky Village Council of the Luga Region. Antonovsky and Darinsky village councils were transformed into national Estonian village councils .

On January 1, 1932, 13 village councils from the liquidated Plyus district were included in the Luga district (Bolsheluzhetsky, Bolshelzinsky, Dubrovetsky, Zapisensky, 3aplyusky, Zapolsky, Kotorsky, Lugovsky, Modolitsky, Nezhadovsky, Ovinetsky, Plyusky, Seglitsky), 4 village councils were transferred to the Krasny , Lugovskoy, Pekhonetskiy, Yashersky), 2 village councils - to Lyadsky district (Gryazkovsky, Zapolsky).

In December 1933, by decree of the Presidium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, village councils were united in the Luga district: Slapsky and Shalovsky in Luga, Dubrovetsky and Ovinetsky in Bolshezakhonsky. The Bolsheluzhetsky village council was liquidated, annexed to the Modolitsky village council, and the Lugovsky village council (formerly of the Plus region) to Zapolsky.

In August 1934, by the decision of the Presidium of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, the Antonovsky Village Council of the Luga Region was liquidated and annexed to the Sabitsky Village Council.

On February 15, 1935, 10 village councils (Bolshezakhonsky, Bolshelsinsky, Zapisensky, Zapolsky, Zaplyusky, Kotorsky, Modolitsky, Nezhadovsky, Plyusky, Seglitsky) were transferred to the newly created Plyusky District.

On November 9, 1938, the Tolmachevo holiday village was transformed into a working village.

In February 1939, the Darya Village Council was liquidated, annexed to the Tolmachevsky Village Council. September 19, 1939 the city of Luga was transformed into a city of regional subordination.

During the Great Patriotic War , from August 1941 to February 1944, the territory of the Luga region was under Nazi occupation. The area has been significantly affected.

On June 16, 1954, the village councils of the Luga region were enlarged: the Vetchinsky Village Council was attached to the Krasnogorsk Village Council, Leskovsky to the Luzhsky Village, and Dolgovsky to Tolmachevsky)

In October 1959, the Navoloksky Village Council was abolished; its territory was included in the Toroshkovsky, Estomichsky and Butkovsky Village Councils. A slave was included in the Luga district. pos. Torkovichi and 10 village councils of the abolished Oredezh district (Belsky, Voloskovsky, Zaruchyevsky, Morovinsky, Oredezhsky, Pechkovsky, Pristan, Sokolnitsky, Tesovsky, Cheremensky).

At that time, the Luga City and District Councils were merged, the district administration functions were transferred to the City Council, and the Luga District was retained as a territorial unit.

On February 1, 1963, the Luga District was transformed into the Luga Rural District , 7 village councils from the liquidated Slantsevsky District (Budilovsky, Zakhonsky, Nikolaevsky, Osminsky, Relsky, Samrovsky, Sarogorsky) and the Mshinsky Village Council of the Gatchinsky District joined it. The city of Luga was subordinated to the Leningrad Regional (Industrial) Executive Committee.

In the same year, the working villages of Tolmachevo and Torkovichi were transferred to the administrative subordination of the Luga City Council.

On January 12, 1965, the Luga rural district was again transformed into the Luga district. The Luga City and District Councils are combined into one Luga City Council, which has been transferred the functions of managing the district. Luga district is preserved as a territorial unit.

In the same year, the working villages of Tolmachevo and Torkovichi (previously subordinate to the Luga City Council) were included in the Luga region. The village councils Velikoselsky (attached to the Butkovsky village council), Samrovsky (attached to the Relsky village), Konezersky (attached to the Gorodetsky village council), Morovinsky (attached to Pristan), Ostrovensky (attached to Voloshovsksmu), Sarogorsky (attached to Osminsky) were liquidated. Thus, on July 1, 1965, the working villages of Tolmachevo, Torkovichi and 33 village councils entered the Luga district ^[7] .

According to 1973, the district consisted of 22 village councils (Belsky, Betkovsky, Budilovsky, Butkovsky, Gorodetsky, Estomichsky, Zaruchevsky, Zakhonsky, Kalishchensky, Klobutitsky, Nikolaevsky, Perechitsky, Pechkovsky, Poddubsky, Rakovsky, Sabitsky, Smerkovsky, Sokoldovsky, Sokoldovsky, Sokoldovsky, Abolished ; Volodarsky , Dzerzhinsky , Kamensky, Kalganovsky, Priozerny, Serebryansky , Skreblovsky , Cholovsky village councils were formed).

According to 1990 data, the district included 18 village councils (Verduzhsky, Voloskovsky, Kalganovsky, Krasnogorsk, Pristansky, Cholovsky, Shiltsevsky were liquidated; Mezhozerny, Retyunsky , Yam-Tesovsky village councils were formed) ^[8] .

Russian Federation

On January 18, 1994, by the decree of the head of the administration of the Leningrad Region No. 10 “On changes in the administrative-territorial structure of the districts of the Leningrad region”, the name of the administrative-territorial unit “village council” was changed to the historically traditional name of the administrative-territorial unit of Russia “volost”, thus in the district 18 volosts were organized (the Luga Village Council was renamed Zaklinskaya Volost ) ^[9] .

On April 17, 1996, after the adoption of the regional law No. 9-OZ “On the administrative-territorial structure of the Leningrad Region”, the Luga Region received the status of a municipality ^[10] .

In February 1996, the urban-type village of Torkovichi was transformed into a rural settlement, the Torkovichi volost was formed .

Since January 1, 2006, in accordance with the regional law No. 65-oz dated September 28, 2004 “On the establishment of borders and granting the appropriate status to the municipality of the Luga municipal district and municipalities in its composition”, 2 urban and 13 rural settlements were formed as part of the district (Kamenskaya, Mezozernaya, Priozernaya, Relskaya, and Toroshkovichi volosts were abolished), the city of Luga became part of the district as a city ​​settlement , the town of Tolmachevo together with the Tolmachevsky volost also formed a city settlement ^[11] .

In the summer, the population of the region increases significantly due to those who come to rest from St. Petersburg . The horticultural massif Mshinskaya is especially popular.

The demographic situation is characterized by a natural population decline.

Urbanization

In urban conditions (the city of Luga and the urban village of Tolmachevo), 52.49% of the population of the region live.

National composition

In terms of ethnic composition, the vast majority of the population are Russians .

Since January 1, 2006, there are 348 settlements in the Luga district as part of two urban and thirteen rural settlements:

Abolished settlements

On December 28, 2004, due to the absence of residents, the villages of Lipovo and Imenitsa were abolished ^[35] .

Representative power

Representative power in the region is exercised by the Council of Deputies. It includes 2 representatives from each settlement of the district: the head of the settlement and one of the deputies elected by the Council of Deputies of the settlement from their ranks. The council of deputies of the district is headed by the Head of the district, elected by the Council from among its ranks. Since January 1, 2006, the head of the district has been Vasilyev Valery Fedorovich (head of the Zaklinsky rural settlement ).

The following standing commissions are formed in the Council of Deputies:

• Commission on interaction with local authorities, the media and public relations
• Commission on Urban Planning, Land Management and Housing and Communal Services
• Commission on Agricultural Issues, Forest Management, Environmental Protection
• Budget, Tax and Finance Commission
• Commission on the development of industry and entrepreneurship, energy, transport, communications, tourism
• Commission on Health, Pension, Social Protection
• Commission on education, culture, youth, physical education and sports
• Law and Order Commission

Executive Power

Executive power in the area is carried out by the administration. The head of the administration is appointed by the Council of Deputies from among the candidates selected by a special competitive commission, whose members are appointed by the Council of Deputies of the district and the governor of the Leningrad Region . Since 2017, the acting head of the district administration has been Namliev Yuri Vladimirovich. The administration includes the following units:

• Archive Department
• SAS Inspectorate
• Juvenile Commission
• Municipal Election Commission
• Common department
• Department of Architecture and Capital Construction
• Accounting department
• Registry Office
• Department of Information Technology
• Department of Youth Policy, Sports and Culture
• Education department
• Department of organizational and control work and interaction with settlements
• Department of Civil Defense and Emergencies
• Agro-industrial complex coordination department
• Department of Municipal Property Management
• Department of Transport, Communications and Housing
• Department of Economic Development
• Legal department
• Finance Committee
• Committee for Social Protection

The main industrial enterprises of the district are located in Luga and Tolmachevo:

• OJSC "Luga Abrasive Plant"
• OJSC Tolmachevsky Plant of Reinforced Concrete and Metal Structures
• OJSC "Luga Plant" Belkozin ""
• Consumer society “Luga canning factory”
• OJSC "Luga feed mill"
• Petersburg Glass LLC (Ploske settlement, production of colored glass food packaging)
• OJSC "Luga Dairy Plant"
• OJSC "Luga meat factory"
• LLC "Luga UPP" Breeze "VOS"
• NETMA CJSC (production of synthetic winterizer, blankets, pillows)
• ELASTrans CJSC (production of metal structures)

The main transport hub of the district is the city of Luga .

Rail Transport

On the territory of the district there are 3 railway lines.

St. Petersburg - Meadows - Pskov

In the Luga district, on this line are the stations Mshinska , Tolmachevo , Razdezhena General Omelchenko , Luga I , Serebryanka , a journey of 144 km and stopping points Nizovskaya , Rosinka , Razdezhena named after the Hero of the Soviet Union Antonina Petrova , Partizanskaya , 147 km , 151 km . To the north of Luga, the line is double-track and electrified, to the south - single-track and non-electrified.

3 pairs of long-distance trains pass along this road:

• 037Р / 038Р Saint Petersburg - Riga (has a stop at Luga I station)
• 391Р / 392Р Saint Petersburg - Vilnius (has a stop at Luga I station)

From St. Petersburg to Luga, suburban communication is represented by electric trains (some of them do not have a stop at Antonina Petrova Razdezda ), including 2 pairs of high-comfort electric trains (they have a stop only at Mshinskaya, Siverskaya and Gatchina Baltiyskaya stations ^[36] ).

From Luga to Pskov, two pairs of suburban trains run daily via the Luga – Pskov link, as well as the Pleskov diesel electric train via the St. Petersburg – Pskov link (stops along the route: Luga, Plyussa , Strugi Krasny , Novoselye ). Starting July 28, 2011, the Pleskov train will run 6 days a week ^[37] , five before that.

Meadows - Veliky Novgorod

In the Luga district, on this line are Luga I , Luga II stations, stopping points 9 km , 14 km , Smychkovo . The line is single-track and non-electrified.

This line runs 1 pair of suburban trains connecting Luga - Veliky Novgorod three times a week (Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday) ^[38] .

St. Petersburg - Oredezh - Bottom

In the Luga district, on this line are the stations Cholovo , Torkovichi , Oredezh , a stopping point of 133 km . The line is single track. To the north of Oredezh it is electrified, to the south - not electrified.

From St. Petersburg to Oredezh, suburban traffic is represented by electric trains .

From Oredezh to Dno 2 pairs of commuter trains run daily.

Also on this line are several pairs of long-distance trains that do not have stops on the territory of the Luga region.

Roads

The following main roads pass through the district:

• Pskov motorway ( M20 E 95 St. Petersburg - Pskov - border with Belarus )
• P39 Tolmachevo - Pruzhitsy
• P41 Meadows - Pavlovo
• P47 Luga - Veliky Novgorod
• H162 Oredezh - Tesovo-4
• N163 Pechkovo - Cholovo
• H164 Retun - Sara-Log
• H166 Bor - Yugostitsy
• H167 Smychkovo - Preventive
• H168 Meadows - Sanatorium "Pearl"
• H169 Intergranular - Utorgosh
• H171 Relay - Nikolaev
• H176 Retyun - Big Lakes
• N177 Zapolye - Chips
• H178 Zaplitye - Intimidation

Bus Transport

Regular bus services in the Luga district are represented by suburban and intercity routes, as well as Luga city ​​routes.

Passenger bus transportation on urban and suburban routes of the Luga region is carried out:

• IP Abusarov I.A.
• IP Alekseev S.V.
• IP Golub A.V.
• IP Yadrova S. Ya.
• Luga MU PAP
• LLC "IMAGE"

In the Luga region there are:

• Luga Institute (branch) of Leningrad State University ^[39] (formed from the Luga Peasant State University named after Cyril and Methodius ^[40] ).
• 21 municipal kindergarten
• 22 municipal comprehensive schools
• Evening (shift) school
• Correctional School
• Sanatorium boarding school
• 3 elementary schools
• Primary school
• Orphanage
• 3 institutions of continuing education
• Vocational School No. 47
• 4 representative offices of St. Petersburg universities

Museums and Exhibition Halls

• Museum of Local History in Luga
• Museum of the Skreblovo state farm in Skreblovo

Manor houses and parks

• Manor of the Baralivsky, Nazimovs in Busan
• Von Bilderling Manor "Zapolye" in Volodarsky
• Manor Golubkovo in Golubkovo
• The estate of Prince G. A. Lvov in the Borovoye Holiday House
• The estate of Senator A. A. Polovtsov " Rapti " in the village. them. Dzerzhinsky
• Manor park in Domkino
• Manor Ilzho in Ilzho
• Manor park in Kalishchi
• Park of the former Mussorgsky estate in Kamenka
• Kello Manor Park
• The remains of the estate Lyschinsky in the Red Lighthouse
• The Shcherbatsky estate "Lyutka" in Lyutka
• Manor in Meryovo
• Manor "Muraveino" in Muraveino
• The estate of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich in Navolok
• The farmstead "Nadbella" in Nadbella
• Manor in Nelai
• Lazarevich manor in Pochap
• Manor Romanshchina in Romanshchina
• Manor "Repyi" in Repy
• The estate "Tenderly" in the sanatorium "Red Val"
• The estate "Skreblovo" in Skreblovo
• Manor " Sunshine Coast " in Sunny Beach
• The remains of the estate of M. N. Muravyov in Syrets
• Manor "Yugostitsy" in Yugostitsy

Churches, Monasteries, Chapels

• Catholic church of St. Nicholas in the Meadow
• Cathedral in the name of the Resurrection of Christ in the Meadow
• Cathedral in the name of St. Catherine the Great Martyr in Luga
• Cathedral in the name of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in the Meadow
• Chapel in the name of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity in Betkovo
• The ruins of the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Luga (Vrevskoye cemetery)
• Church in the name of the Resurrection of Christ in Golubkovo
• Church in the name of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gorodets
• Chapel of St. Martyr Tryphon Gorodetsky in Gorodets
• Church of St. Clement in Zapolye
• Chapel of Saints Flora and Lavra in Zakhonye
• Chapel in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Zadeyshino
• Ruins of the Church of St. John the Baptist in Zadeyshino
• Intercession Church in Kamenka
• Chapel in honor of St. Apostle Andrew in Kello
• Church in the name of the Holy Martyrs Flora and Laurus in Klukoshitsy
• Chapel of the Holy Prophet Elijah in Klukoshitsy
• Chapel in the name of the Protection of the Mother of God in Mszynska
• Chapel in Navolok
• Chapel in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Oredezh
• Church in the name of St. Martyr George the Victorious in Osmino
• Chapel in Petrovskaya Gorka
• Psoed Chapel
• Church in the name of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God in Romanshchina
• Church in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Raleigh
• Chapel of St. Alexander Nevsky in Repy
• Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Samro
• Chapel in the name of the Holy Martyrs Flora and Laurus in Sorochkino
• Church of the Savior of the Miraculous Image in Syabero
• Transfiguration Church in Tolmachevo
• Church in the name of the Resurrection of Christ in Toroshkovichi
• St. John the Theological Cheremenets Monastery in Cheremenets
• Chapel in the name of the Nativity of John in Ubras
• Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Yugostitsy
• Chapel in honor of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God in Shima
• Church of St. John the Baptist in Schupogolovo

Monuments and historical burials

• Memorial complex to militia and defenders of the Luga border in Luga
• Monument "Partisan Glory" in the Meadow
• Narrow - gauge steam train monument in Luga
• Settlement of the IX — XII centuries Gorodets near Luga in Gorodets
• One of the northernmost embankments of the culture of the Pskov long mounds in the burial ground of Rapti-Navolok II near Lake Cheremenets
• The town of Tesov of the 13th century in Zapolye
• War Memorial of 1918-1920 and 1941-1945 in the Red Mountains
• The ancient settlement of the Slavs in Nadbella
• The grave of the Marquise de Traverse in Romanesque
• Mass grave ( Krasny Mayak settlement)

Nature Attractions

• Borshchovsky caves in Borshchovo
• Korpovsky caves on the river Oble
• Holy spring of the Holy Great Martyr Paraskeva Fridays in Saber
• Pechora holy spring in Turovo

• Alexandrov, Fedor Mikheevich (1913, Shima village - 1986) - Hero of the Soviet Union (1945)
• Andreev, Pavel Zakharovich (1874, Osmino village - 1950) - opera singer, People's Artist of the USSR (1939)

Honorary Citizens of Luga Region ^[41]

Alexandrov, Vasily Alekseevich (born 1922) - Hero of Socialist Labor

Grebnev, Valentin Mikhailovich - Hero of Socialist Labor

Semenov, Alexander Ivanovich (born 1922) - Hero of the Soviet Union

• Monuments of architecture of the Leningrad region. Short list. Luga district
• Law on the Luga region (inaccessible link)