Volkovskoye Municipal Okrug

Municipal okrug in St. Petersburg, Russia

Volkovskoye Municipal Okrug Волковское округ
Municipal okrug

Coordinates: 59°54′N 30°22′E / 59.900°N 30.367°E / 59.900; 30.367
Country	Russia
Federal city	St. Petersburg
Population (2010 Census)
• Total	59,277
Website	www.volkovskoe.ru

Volkovskoye Okrug (Russian: Волковское округ) is a municipal okrug in Frunzensky District, one of the eighty-one low-level municipal divisions of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 59,277.^[1]

About

The okrug has its own symbols - coat of arms, sign and flag. Wolf, an element of the coat of arms, is a symbol of the Volkovka River.

Historical monuments of the district include the Resurrection Church, founded in the 18th century, the Palace of Culture of Zheleznodorozhnikov (former Ligovsky People's House of Countess Panina) - the 19th century, the Literatorskie Mostki memorial - the 19th century.

The Frunzensky district of the city was formed in 1936, and finally formed in 1956.^[2]

The area is served by metro stations Obvodny Kanal, Volkovskaya and Bukharestskaya. In March 2020 the Volkovskoya station was one of the locations (along with Ostankino Tower, RKA Mission Control Center, Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, and at least one Aeroflot flight) that were the subject of a bioterrorism threat posted by group of hackers onto various websites and Twitter feeds.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Facilities

Housing stock - 177 buildings (with a total area of over 2 million square meters)

Secondary schools - 13

Preschool institutions - 14

Polyclinics - 3

Libraries - 2

Large shopping centers - 19

Consumer service enterprises - 13

References

^ "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Санкт-Петербург" (in Russian). Retrieved August 14, 2020.
^ "History of Volkovskoye District" (in Russian). Retrieved August 15, 2020.
^ "This page has been hacked by Thomas Little Evil Utoyo, Calton, David Law and Thanthom.(sic)". www.nawbo.org. Archived from the original on March 19, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
^ "Wikinews report of 11 March, 2020". Wikinews. Archived from the original on March 20, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2020. NB: (Suspected) perpetrators of bioterrorist threat included those with names of "Thomas Little Evil Utoyo", "Calton", "David Law", "Thanthom", "Hendy", "Gideon W", "Audentis", "Mister Eriee O", "Khengwin", "T-Zehang", "曾家顺", "Mr Castaigne", "kkkwan", "ronxi", "KC LING", "Le3p0ryuen", "Jayrulo", "S Teoh", "Ian Chew", "Mr Yiliang", "W. somboonsuk", "S Patcharaphon", "Victor pang", "jiangxin", "文_祥!", "Freddyisf0xy", "Masami", "Greg Galloway", "EncoreOngKai", "Alteredd State", "Dig Dejected", Elmo Chong" and "Krully".
^ "Grady Newsource". Archived from the original on March 8, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.