Vysotsk

Vysotsk (; ; ) is a coastal toun an a seaport in Vyborgsky Destrict o Leningrad Oblast, Roushie, locatit on the Karelie Isthmus, on the eastren shore o the Bay o Vyborg,  soothwast o Vyborg an  northwast o St. Petersburg. It hosts a base o the Roushie Baltic Fleet an an ile terminal (syne 2004). Population: 

It wis grantit toun status in 1940 an in terms o population remains ane o the smawest touns in Roushie.

History
The fortress o Trångsund (literally: "narrow strait") wis biggit tae the order o Peter the Great in the beginnin o the 18t century efter Roushie haed captured the aurie frae Swaden durin the Great Northren War.
In 1812, Trongzund wis includit bi Alexander I o Roushie intae the newly-creatit Grand Duchy o Finland.
Atween 1918 an 1940, the toun wis pairt o independent Finland unner the name Uuras. As a result o the Winter War an subsequent Moscow Peace Treaty, it wis occupeed bi the Soviet Union in 1940 an became pairt o the Karelo Finnish SSR. In 1941, durin the Continuation War, it wis leeberatit bi Finnish troops an returned tae Finland. In Juin 1944, the toun wis occupeed bi the Red Airmy an wis anexed tae the Soviet Union accordin tae the Moscow Airmistice an Paris Peace Treaty. In Julie 1948, the toun wis renamit Vysotsk in honour o the Soviet machine gunner Kuzma Demidovich Vysotsky, who wis killed in the aurie on 4 Mairch 1940 durin the feenal days o the Winter War.

Vysotsk mey be considered ane o the cradles o radio, as it wis thare that Alexander Stepanovich Popov conductit his pioneerin experiments in 1897 an 1902.

References

Category:Ceeties an touns in Leningrad Oblast
Category:Populatit coastal places in Roushie
Category:Forts in Roushie
Category:Karelie Isthmus
Category:Roushie an Soviet Navy bases
Category:Port ceeties an touns o the Easter Seas
Category:Finland–Soviet Union relations