Koivisto (town)
| Primorsk (in English) Приморск (Russian) |
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 Vokzalnaya Street in Primorsk |
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| Town Day | Third Saturday of September |
| Administrative status (as of May 2014) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Leningrad Oblast |
| Administrative district | Vyborgsky District |
| Settlement municipal formation | Primorskoye Settlement Municipal Formation |
| Administrative center of | Primorskoye Settlement Municipal Formation |
| Municipal status (as of May 2014) | |
| Municipal district | Vyborgsky Municipal District |
| Urban settlement | Primorskoye Urban Settlement |
| Administrative center of | Primorskoye Urban Settlement |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 6,119 inhabitants |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| First mentioned | 1268 |
| Town status since | 1940 |
| Previous names |
Beryozovskoye, Björkö (until 1918), Koivisto (until October 1, 1948) |
| Postal code(s) | 188910 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 81378 |
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Primorsk (Russian: Примо́рск; Finnish: Koivisto; Swedish: Björkö) is a coastal town in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia and is the second largest Russian port on the Baltic, after St. Petersburg. It is located on the Karelian Isthmus, 137 kilometers (85 mi) west of St. Petersburg, at the northern coast of the Gulf of Finland, near Beryozovye Islands (Finnish: Koivusaari (Koivistonsaari), Tiurinsaari ja Piisaari; Swedish: Björkö) which are protected as a sea bird sanctuary. Population: 6,119 (2010 Census);5,332 (2002 Census);6,637 (1989 Census).
It was first mentioned in Russian chronicles as Beryozovskoye (Берёзовское, lit. birch settlement) in 1268, when the Hanseatic merchants from Gotland petitioned the Novgorod Republic to secure their passage to the Neva River. The original Finnish name Koivisto means "a group of birch trees", "a birch forest". Swedish name Björkö means "birch island". Swedes annexed the region during the Third Swedish Crusade. The Russians retook the islands at the close of the Great Northern War in 1721. This was confirmed by the Treaty of Nystad in 1721.
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