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Repino is a municipal settlement in Kurortny District of Saint Petersburg, Russia, and a station of the Saint Petersburg-Vyborg railroad. It was known by its Finnish name Kuokkala until 1948, when it was renamed after its most famous inhabitant, Ilya Yefimovich Repin. It is located approximately northwest of the main portion of Saint Petersburg, on the Karelian Isthmus on the shore of the Gulf of Finland. Population: 2,011 (2002 Census); 4,215 (1989 Census). The settlement is known for Repin's estate Penaty and for its sanatorium.

History

At the beginning of the 20th century, Repino (then Kuokkala) was located in the Grand Duchy of Finland, a part of the Russian Empire. Shortly after the October Revolution in 1917, Finland declared its independence from the Soviet Union. When the Karelian Isthmus was ceded by Finland to the Soviet Union after the Winter War and the Continuation War (1939–1944), Kuokkala became Russian. In 1948, it was renamed Repino in honor of the painter Ilya Repin. The estate has been a museum since 1940.

Famous inhabitants

Ilya Repin lived in Kuokkala from the beginning of the 20th century until his death in 1930.
Ivan Puni, avant-garde artist, was born in Kuokkala in 1894.
Mikhail Botvinnik, World chess champion, was born in Kuokkala in 1911.

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