Luga, Administrative town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia
The town sits along the banks of the Luga River at an elevation of 48 meters, approximately 140 kilometers south of Saint Petersburg.
Catherine the Great ordered the establishment of Luga on August 3, 1777, initially as part of Pskov Viceroyalty before its integration into Saint Petersburg Governorate.
The Luzhsky District Museum preserves regional artifacts and documents while the Saint Catherine Cathedral from 1786 represents local religious architecture.
The town maintains direct railway connections to Saint Petersburg and Pskov, facilitating transportation and commerce throughout the Leningrad Oblast region.
The 26th Rocket Brigade maintains its base in Luga, adding military significance to this settlement of 38,593 residents according to recent statistics.
Location: Luzhskoye urban settlement
Inception: 1777
Elevation above the sea: 48 m
GPS coordinates: 58.73333,29.85000
Latest update: May 28, 2025 18:20
Rapti manor
7.9 km
Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ
367 m
Partizan's glory (memorial)
6.5 km
St. Nicholas' Church, Luga
1 km
Church of the Theotokos of Kazan (Luga)
1.9 km
Monument to City of Military Glory (Luga)
836 m
Saint Catherine of Alexandria Cathedral (Luga)
362 m
Ilyins mansion (Luga)
696 m
Дом купца Андреева (Луга)
369 m
Церковь Успения Пресвятой Богородицы (каменная) (Смёшино)
3.7 km
ДОТ (Луга)
2.1 km
Памятник-стела воинам-ополченцам Балтийского судостроительного завода, сражавшимся на этом рубеже в 1941 г. (Луга)
2.1 km
Building of public baths in Luga
487 m
Prospekt Uritskogo, 59
731 m
Братская могила советских воинов и партизан, погибших в борьбе с фашистами, в которой похоронены герои Советского Союза А.В. Петрова (1916-1941) и В.К. Пислегин (1920-1941)
2.3 km
City Garden, Luga
357 m
Памятник 200-летию Луги (Луга)
288 m
Saint Nicholas cemetery church (Luga)
2.8 km
Former bank building, Luga
419 m
Гостиный двор (перестроен) (Луга)
330 m
Жилой дом (деревянный) (Луга)
1.1 km
Leningradskaya street, 21
1.1 km
Памятник В.И. Ленину (Луга)
78 m
Здание уездной управы (Луга)
171 m
Prospekt Volodarskogo, 2
229 m
School No2, Luga
238 m
Кухонный флигель (Дзержинского)
7.9 km
Городской парк (28 га) (Луга)
650 mReviews
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