Mount Valdai

Translated from Finnish means a volost located on a hill ^[2] .

It was first mentioned in the Scribe Book of the Vodskaya Pyatina of 1500 as the village of Varjewalda over Lake Varjewald ... by the sea in the Kargalsky graveyard of Koporsky district ^[3] .

Then, as the village of Hariawaldha by in the Kargalsky churchyard (eastern half) in the Swedish "Scribe books of Izhora land" in 1618-1623 ^[4] .

On the map of Ingermanland , A.I. Bergenheim , compiled from Swedish materials in 1676, on the eastern shore of Lake Swede. Hariuvala , mentioned the village of Swede. Hariuvala and Manor Swede. Clurola ^[5] .

After the victory in the Northern War (1700-1721), Peter I granted a significant part of the Koporsky district of Ingermanland to his closest associate, Alexander Danilovich Menshikov .

The territory of the Karavaldai manor , as it was then called, was divided into two parts, the border passed in the middle of the Karavaldai (now Goravalday ) lake. Its western half and the village of Gory-Valdai , which stood on the northern shore, were granted Major General S. A. Shepelev , brother of the Chief Marshal of the Imperial Palace, and the village became known as Shepelevo . The eastern part of the lake and the villages of Gory-Valdai (Agvaly) , Pulkovo (Bulkolova) and Black Lakhta went to A. G. Razumovsky ^[6] .

On the map of the St. Petersburg province of 1792, A. M. Vilbrecht , is designated as Agvola , and as Carovoldai, the modern Shepelevo is indicated ^[7] .

In 1822, the estate became a real state adviser D.N. Dobrzhansky . He created a small estate, Alutino, on the eastern shore of the lake.

According to the 8th revision of 1833, Alutino Manor and the village of Valdai Mountains belonged to the real state adviser D.N. Dobrozhansky ^[8] .

MOUNTAINS VALDAI - the village belongs to the heirs of Mr. Dobrzhansko, the number of inhabitants under the audit: 41 m. P., 61 w. p. (1838) ^[9]

In 1839, the estate was put up for auction, and it was bought by college assessor A.I. Drebs .

On the ethnographic map of the St. Petersburg province of P. I. Köppen in 1849, is mentioned as the village "Harjawala", inhabited by Izhora ^[10] .

In the explanatory text of the ethnographic map, it is recorded as the village of Harjavalta ( Valdai Mountains, Karjavalday ) and the number of its inhabitants for 1848 is indicated: Izhora - 29 m., 41 w. p., Ingermanlanders - euremeys - 10 m. p., 10 w. n., a total of 90 people ^[11] .

According to the 9th revision of 1850, Alutino Manor belonged to the landowner Arist Ivanovich Drebs, and the village of Gora Valdai belonged to him and the landowner Alexei Semenovich Levashov ^{[12] [13]} .

VALDAI MOUNTAINS - village of the outland councilor Drebs, on a country road, number of yards - 14, number of souls - 39 m. (1856) ^[14]

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  Plan of the village of Gora Valdai. 1860 year.

In 1860, the village of the Valdai Mountains at the Caravaldai Manor numbered 11 yards .

MOUNTAIN-VALDAY (KARAVALDAY, AGVALOVO ^[15] ) - a village owned by Lake Karavalday, on the coastal country road, 44 miles from Peterhof, the number of yards - 14, the number of inhabitants: 39 m., 50 w. p. (1862) ^[16]

In 1870, temporarily liable peasants of the village bought their land plots from E. P. Drebs and became the owners of the land ^[17] .

According to the statistics on the national economy of Petergof County in 1887, Alutino Manor with an area of ​​2097 acres belonged to Captain N. A. Drebs, it was acquired until 1868, and the owner leased fishing ^[18] .

At the end of the 19th century, Alutino was acquired by the merchant I. A. Voronin .

In 1898, at the expense of Voronin on Mount Valdai , the Church of the Holy Trinity was laid . In 1903, its construction was completed. The project was carried out by the St. Petersburg architect V. A. Kosyakov . Prior to that, the nearest temple was in Kovashy - 9 kilometers away. Holy Trinity Church is designed for 600 people, so that all peasants from the surrounding area could use it at once. In the 1920s, the military came to Mount Valdai and expelled the priest. And then they set up a military town, cordoning it with barbed wire. Gradually, the temple came to desolation.

In the 19th century, the village administratively belonged to the Kovashevsky volost of the 2nd camp of the Peterhof district of St. Petersburg province, and at the beginning of the 20th century - of the 3rd camp.

According to the "Memorial Book of the St. Petersburg Province" for 1905, the manor of Mount Valdai , Minolovo and Shishkino, with a total area of ​​2482 tithes, belonged to Major General Raevsky ^[19] .

From 1917 to 1922, the village of Gora Valdai was part of the Gora-Valdai Village Council of the Kovashevsky Volost of Peterhof County .

Since 1922, as part of the Shepelevsky Village Council.

Since 1923, as part of the Gatchina district .

Since February 1927, as part of the Oranienbaum volost. Since August 1927, as part of the Oranienbaum district .

In 1928, the population of the village was 277 people ^[20] .

According to 1933, the village was part of the Shepelevsky village council of the Oranienbaum district ^[21] .

According to the topographic map of 1938, the village was called the Valdai Mountains and consisted of 54 yards. In the center of the village was a church, on the northern outskirts - a school.

Since February 1963, as part of the Gatchina district . Since August 1963, as part of the Lebyazhensky village council.

Since 1965, as part of the Lomonosov district. In 1965, the population of the village was 205 people ^[20] .

According to 1966, the village of Gora-Valdai was part of the Lebyazhsky village council ^[22] .

According to 1973, the village of Gora-Valdai was part of the Lebyazhensky council ^[23] .

According to 1990, the village of Gora-Valdai was part of the Shepelevsky village council of the Lomonosov district ^[24] .

Before the collapse of the USSR , a military town was located in the village, which belonged to the rear of the Baltic Fleet . The town had the status of a closed military facility . It was located 10 km northeast of the city of Sosnovy Bor . Located on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland , at Goravaldai Lake .

In 1997, 478 people lived in the Gora-Valdai village of the Shepelevsky village council, in 2002 - 432 people (Russians - 84%) ^{[25] [26]} .

In 2007, in the village of Gora-Valdai of the Lebyazhensky state enterprise - 437 ^[27] .

The village is located in the northwestern part of the district on the highway 41A-007 ( St. Petersburg - Ruchey ).

The distance to the administrative center of the settlement is 14 km ^[27] .

The nearest railway platform is Quarry 75 km . The distance to the nearest railway station Krasnoflotsk is 4 km ^[22] .

The village is located near the coast of the Gulf of Finland on the eastern shore of Lake Horowaldai . Mount Valdai is part of the 30-kilometer zone of the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant . Along the perimeter of the village adjoins a forested area of ​​98.6 hectares.

• Church of the Holy Trinity Life-Giving in Mount Valdai ( 1899 )
• Alutino Estate
• Horowaldai Lake
• Battery "Gray Horse"