Volosovo (Russian: Волосово) is a city near St.Petersburg, situated in Leningrad Oblast in the Northwestern Federal District of Russia. Officially it was founded in 1927 but before there existed houses of some rich men. During the communist period it was a powerful industrial town. In 1999 Volosovo acquired the title of City. It is the administrative centre of the Volosovsky District (raion}. Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... Leningrad Oblast (Russian: , tr. ... Northwestern Federal District (Russian: Се́веро-За́падный федера́льный о́круг; tr. ... See rayon for the textile made of processed cellulose. ...

VOLOSOVSKY DISTRICT

• Year of foundation: 1927
• Territory: 2680.5 square km
• Population: 47,100

(including the city of Volosovo: 11,200)

• Distance from St.Petersburg: 85 km

Industry:limestone plant, road metal plant, timber and wood working, the Gorn porcelain and ceramic works, dairy mill, Russia's leading mixed feed mill - the Agrofirma Volosovo Limey shale overlaid by limestone. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Lumber. ... Porcelain is a hard ceramic substance made by heating at high temperature selected and refined materials often including clay in the form of kaolinite. ...

Agriculture: dairy farming, potato growing, perennial herbs seed production Dairy farming is a class of agricultural, or more properly, an animal husbandry enterprise, raising female cattle for long-term production of milk, which may be either processed on-site or transported to a dairy for processing and eventual retail sale. ... Binomial name Solanum tuberosum L. The potato (plural form: potatoes) (Solanum tuberosum) is a perennial plant of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family, grown for its starchy tuber. ...