Vasileostrovsky District (Russian: Василеостро́вский райо́н) is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 214,625;[3] down from 236,856 recorded in the 2002 Census.[4]

Vasileostrovsky District Василеостровский район
District
Decabrist's Garden, Vasileostrovsky District
Vasileostrovsky District on the 2006 map of St. Petersburg
Coordinates: 59°56′38″N 30°14′30″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	federal city of St. Petersburg[1]
Established	1917
Area [2]
• Total	21.4688 km2 (8.2892 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	203,058
• Density	9,500/km2 (24,000/sq mi)
Website	http://gov.spb.ru/gov/terr/reg_vasileostr/

Geography

The district occupies the territories of Vasilyevsky and Dekabristov Islands and includes a smaller Serny Island.

History

The district was one of the first established in Petrograd in 1917.^{[citation needed]}

Municipal divisions

Vasileostrovsky District comprises the following five municipal okrugs:[1]

• #7
• Ostrov Dekabristov
• Gavan
• Morskoy
• Vasilyevsky

Transportation

Vasilievsky island is connected to the mainland by 6 bridges, 2 bridge of the Western Rapid Diameter and 4 other bridges built before. Also on Vasilevsky island there are 3 underground stations, which are on the green line they are the Primorskaya and Vasileostrovskaya, and the purple line station Sportivnaya. Three more stations were also built on the orange line.

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• Законодательное Собрание Санкт-Петербурга. Закон №411-68 от 25 июля 2005 г. «О территориальном устройстве Санкт-Петербурга», в ред. Закона №685-130 от 26 декабря 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Санкт-Петербурга "О территориальном устройстве Санкт-Петербурга" и Закон Санкт-Петербурга "О рассмотрении предложений о присвоении наименований географическим объектам"». Вступил в силу через 10 дней после дня официального опубликования, за исключением отдельных положений, вступающих в силу в иные сроки. Опубликован: "Новое в законодательстве Санкт-Петербурга", №22, 4 августа 2005 г. (Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg. Law #411-68 of July 25, 2005 On the Territorial Structure of Saint Petersburg, as amended by the Law #685-130 of December 26, 2014 On Amending the Law of Saint Petersburg "On the Territorial Structure of Saint Petersburg" and the Law of Saint Petersburg "On Considering the Suggestions to Assign Names to Geographical Objects". Effective as of after 10 days following the day of the official publication, with the exception of certain clauses taking effect on different dates.).