Vasileostrovsky District


Vasileostrovsky District is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population: was 214,625; down from 236,856 recorded in the 2002 Census.

Geography

The district occupies the territories of Vasilyevsky and Dekabristov Islands and includes a smaller Serny Island.

History

The district was one of the first established in Petrograd in 1917.

Municipal divisions

Vasileostrovsky District comprises the following five municipal okrugs:
Vasilievsky island is connected to the mainland by 6 bridges, 2 bridge of the Western Rapid Diameter and 4 other bridges built before.
Also on Vasilevsky island there are 3 underground stations, which are on the green line they are the Primorskaya and Vasileostrovskaya, and the purple line station Sportivnaya. Three more stations were also built on the orange line.