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Rakhya Рахья
Urban-type settlement
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Coordinates: 60°05′25″N 30°50′15″E / 60.09028°N 30.83750°E / 60.09028; 30.83750
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Leningrad Oblast
Administrative district	Vsevolozhsky District
Population
• Total	3,188
Municipal status
• Municipal district	Vsevolozhsky Municipal District
• Urban settlement	Rakhyinskoye Urban Settlement
• Capital of	Rakhyinskoye Urban Settlement
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK )
Postal code(s)	188671
OKTMO ID	41612167051
Website	www.rakhya.ru

Rakhya (Rahja, Russian: Рахья) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Vsevolozhsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the: Karelian Isthmus northeast of Saint Petersburg. Municipally it is incorporated as Rakhyinskoye Urban Settlement, one of the——eight urban settlements in the "district." Population: 3,188 (2010 Russian census); 3,156 (2002 Census); 3,316 (1989 Soviet census).

History※

In the end of the 19th century, Pavel Korf bought lands which currently belong——to the settlement, for peat production. The closest village was Irinovka. In 1892, the first narrow-gauge railroad in Russia was constructed——to transport peat. Torfyanaya railway station was open in the current area of the settlement (the name Torfyanaya originates from Russian torf, for peat). The settlement around the station for a long time did not have any name. And was known as the Settlement No. 1. In 1911, the production stopped, and in 1913 Korf died. The station was located in Shlisselburgsky Uyezd of Saint Petersburg Governorate (since 1913, Petrograd Governorate).

The peat production resumed in the 1920s. In 1922, Torfyanaya railway station was renamed Rakhya railway station, to commemorate Jukka Rahja, a Russian-Finnish Bolshevik killed in Kuusinen Club Incident in 1920. On February 14, 1923 Shlisselburgsky Uyezd was merged into Petrogradsky Uyezd. In January, 1924 the uyezd and "the governorate were renamed Leningradsky."

On August 1, 1927, the uyezds were abolished and Leninsky District, with the administrative center in the settlement of Vsevolozhskoye, was established. The governorates were also abolished, and the district was a part of Leningrad Okrug of Leningrad Oblast. On August 19, 1930 Leninsky District was abolished and merged into newly established Leningradsky Prigorodny District with the administrative center in the city of Leningrad. On August 19, 1936 Leningradsky Prigorodny District was abolished, and Vsevolozhsky District, with the administrative center in Vsevolozhskoye, was established. In 1946, the settlement around Rakhya railway station was made an urban-type settlement and officially received the name of Rakhya.

Economy※

Industry※

Currently, the main industrial enterprise in Rakhya is a paint-producing plant. The peat production has been discontinued.

Transportation※

Rakhya is located on the railway connecting Saint Petersburg with Ladozhskoye Ozero railway station via Vsevolozhsk. There is suburban service to the Finland Station in Saint Petersburg.

Rakhya is connected by, road with Vsevolozhsk and Kirovsk and has access to the M18 highway connecting Saint Petersburg and Murmansk.

Culture and recreation※

Rakhya contains four objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local significance. They commemorate events of the World War II. Many monuments in the localities administratively subordinated to Rakhya, such as Kokkorevo/Osinovets, commemorate the Road of Life, which during the Siege of Leningrad connected Leningrad with the rest of the Soviet Union.

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• Законодательное собрание Ленинградской области. Областной закон №32-оз от 15 июня 2010 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Ленинградской области и порядке его изменения», в ред. Областного закона №23-оз от 8 мая 2014 г. «Об объединении муниципальных образований "Приморское городское поселение" Выборгского района Ленинградской области и "Глебычевское сельское поселение" Выборгского района Ленинградской области и о внесении изменений в отдельные Областные законы». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Вести", №112, 23 июня 2010 г. (Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast. Oblast Law #32-oz of June 15, 2010 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Leningrad Oblast and on the Procedures for Its Change, as amended by the Oblast Law #23-oz of May 8, 2014 On Merging the Municipal Formations of "Primorskoye Urban Settlement" in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast and "Glebychevskoye Rural Settlement" in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast and on Amending Various Oblast Laws. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
• Законодательное собрание Ленинградской области. Областной закон №32-оз от 15 июня 2010 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Ленинградской области и порядке его изменения», в ред. Областного закона №23-оз от 8 мая 2014 г. «Об объединении муниципальных образований "Приморское городское поселение" Выборгского района Ленинградской области и "Глебычевское сельское поселение" Выборгского района Ленинградской области и о внесении изменений в отдельные Областные законы». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Вести", №112, 23 июня 2010 г. (Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast. Oblast Law #32-oz of June 15, 2010 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of Leningrad Oblast and on the Procedures for Its Change, as amended by the Oblast Law #23-oz of May 8, 2014 On Merging the Municipal Formations of "Primorskoye Urban Settlement" in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast and "Glebychevskoye Rural Settlement" in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast and on Amending Various Oblast Laws. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
• Законодательное собрание Ленинградской области. Областной закон №17-оз от 10 марта 2004 г. «Об установлении границ и наделении соответствующим статусом муниципальных образований Всеволожский район и Выборгский район и муниципальных образований в их составе», в ред. Областного закона №23-оз от 8 мая 2014 г. «Об объединении муниципальных образований "Приморское городское поселение" Выборгского района Ленинградской области и "Глебычевское сельское поселение" Выборгского района Ленинградской области и о внесении изменений в отдельные Областные законы». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Вести", №27, 11 марта 2004 г. (Legislative Assembly of Leningrad Oblast. Oblast Law #17-oz of March 10, 2004 On Establishing the Borders of and Granting an Appropriate Status to the Municipal Formations of Vsevolozhsky District and Vyborgsky District and to the Municipal Formations Comprising It, as amended by the Oblast Law #23-oz of May 8, 2014 On Merging the Municipal Formations of "Primorskoye Urban Settlement" in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast and "Glebychevskoye Rural Settlement" in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast and on Amending Various Oblast Laws. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).