Kolpino
City on the Izhora River southeast of St. Petersburg, Kolpino was founded in 1722 as a workers' settlement around a sawmill and received city status in 1912. Its dominant industrial presence is the Izhorsky Works. Granted the Russian honorary title "City of Military Glory" in 2011, it sits within a wider region ringed by UNESCO World Heritage sites and is connected to central St. Petersburg by rail on the Moscow–St. Petersburg main line.
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- Population138,979
- Nearest water from center 0.4 km0.2 mi
Nearest airports
Kolpino: quick answers
Where is Kolpino?
Kolpino is in Russia, about 26 km16 miles in a straight line from Saint Petersburg.
How do you get to Kolpino?
The nearest airport is St. Petersburg (LED), about 30 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Kolpino?
The warmest month is July, averaging 18°C65°F across day and night; the coolest is February, at -6°C21°F. The wettest month is July, with about 91 mm3.6 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Kolpino?
OpenStreetMap lists 1 museum, 7 restaurants, 30 cafés and 4 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.
What's near Kolpino?
Other Wandering Well picks within 60 km include Sestroretsk and Pushkin.