Otradnoye is a town in Kirovsky District

Kirovsky District, Leningrad Oblast

Kirovsky District, Leningrad Oblast is an administrative district , one of the 17 in Leningrad Oblast, Russia....

 of Leningrad Oblast

Leningrad Oblast

Leningrad Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . It was established on August 1, 1927, although it was not until 1946 that the oblast's borders had been mostly settled in their present position...

, Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, located 40 kilometres (24.9 mi) east of St. Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

 on the left bank of the Neva River

Neva River

The Neva is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast to the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. Despite its modest length , it is the third largest river in Europe in terms of average discharge .The Neva is the only river flowing from Lake...

, at its confluence

Confluence

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 with the Tosna River

Tosna River

Tosna River is a river in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, a left tributary of Neva River. The towns of Tosno, Nikolskoye, and Otradnoye are located along the Tosna .Sablinskiye Caves are located by the Tosna River....

. Population:

A railway leading from Saint Petersburg (Moskovsky Terminal) to Volkhov

Volkhov

Volkhov is an industrial town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated east of St. Petersburg, on the Volkhov River. Population: -History:...

 passes through the town; there are two passenger platforms within town limits: Ivanovskaya and Pella.

History

A village of Ivanovskaya at the confluence of the Neva and Tosna was first mentioned in chronicles in 1708. In 1784, the land was acquired by empress Catherine the Great, and a residence known as Pella estate

Pella Palace

Pella Palace was a former summer residence built in the reigh of Catherine II of Russia for her grandson, future emperor Alexander. It was situated on the left bank of the Neva River, 30 km east of Saint Petersburg, where the town of Otradnoye now stands. If completed, it would have been Russia's...

 was established. The estate was mostly destroyed on the orders of Paul I

Paul I of Russia

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The modern town was established in 1970 by merging of the urban-type settlement

Urban-type settlement

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s of Otradnoye and Ivanovskoye.