Gromovo, Leningrad Oblast
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{{Short description|Settlement in Leningrad Oblast}}
{{about|the village in Leningrad Oblast|the village in Kaliningrad Oblast|Gromovo, Kaliningrad Oblast}}
{{Infobox Russian inhabited locality
| en_name = Gromovo
| ru_name = Громово
| image_skyline = Gromovo-Громово - panoramio (3).jpg
| coordinates = {{Coord|60|41|41|N|30|11|12|E|display=it}}
| pushpin_map = Russia Leningrad Oblast#European Russia#Russia
| inhabloc_cat = Rural locality
}}Gromovo ({{langx|ru|Гро́мово}}; {{langx|fi|Sakkola}}) is a settlement in Priozersky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, and a station of the Saint Petersburg-Kuznechnoye railway. Gromovo is situated on the northern shore of the Lake Sukhodolskoye, Karelian Isthmus, in the historic region of Karelia. Until the Winter War and the Continuation War, it had been the administrative center of the Sakkola municipality of Finland. It hosts an interceptor aircraft base, (Gromovo (air base)).
It is located 18 km northwest of Sosnovo, and 90 km north of Saint Petersburg.
Notable people
- Hanna Granfelt (1884-1952), Finnish opera singer
References
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External links
- [http://www.sakkola.fi Site about Sakkola municipality] (in Finnish)
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Category:Rural localities in Leningrad Oblast
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