Construction stone tower ARLHS number ERU-147 Focal height 74 m | Characteristic Fl WRG Height 70 m Year first constructed 1905 | |
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Location Lake Ladoga
Leningrad Oblast
Russia Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern Markings / pattern red and white bands tower, white lantern Address А128, 308, Ladozhskoye Ozero, Leningradskaya oblast', Russia, 188675 Similar Lake Ladoga, Storozhenskiy Light, Memorial Tsvetok zhizni, Breaking the Ring, Road of Life | ||
Osinovetsky Light (Russian: Осиновецкий маяк) is an active lighthouse in Lake Ladoga, in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located on a headland near the southwest corner of the lake near Kokorevo. The light marks the west side of the entrance to the southernmost bay of the lake, leading to the Neva entrance.
At a height of 230 feet (70 m) it is the eighth tallest "traditional" lighthouse in the world. It is a slightly shorter twin of Storozhenskiy Light.
The lighthouse has served as an important landmark in the Road of Life during the Siege of Leningrad (September 8, 1941 to January 27, 1944).
The current lightkeeper, Sergey Shulyatev, has had this position since 1987 and as of 2010 is the oldest lighthouse keeper in Russia.
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