Zhitkovo

60°42′N 29°20′E

Zhitkovo (Russian: Житко́во; Finnish: Ristseppälä) is a settlement on Karelian Isthmus, in Vyborgsky District of Leningrad Oblast. It was known as Ristseppälä until 1948.[1] It was a station of the VyborgVeshchevo–Zhitkovo–Michurinskoye railroad constructed by Finland in the 1920s. However, the Zhitkovo-Michurinskoye link has been dismantled in the 1950s, and the Veshchevo-Zhitkovo link in 2001.

References

  1. "Житково в Выборгском районе Ленинградской области" [Settlements: Zhitkovo]. biblio-vyborg.ru. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
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