Home › Entities › Island › Vasilyevsky Island

Vasilyevsky Island

island in St. Petersburg, Russia
Landform Island Q27600

Facts

12 properties

Identity

Instance of
island, historic district[6]
Native label
Васильевский остров[9]
Nickname
Васька[8]

Location

Country
Russia, Russian Empire, Soviet Union[2][3][4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 59.939°, 30.256°
Located in or next to body of water
Gulf of Finland[5]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Vasileostrovsky District[1]

Population and size

Area
+10.9[12]
Length
+6.6[11]
Population
+209188[7]
More facts +2
Short name
В. О.[10]
Width
+4.2[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Vasilyevsky Island en Vasilievsky Island ar جزيرة فاسيليفسكي cs Vasilevský ostrov de Wassiljewski-Insel de Wassiljew-Insel de Wassilij-Insel de Wassiljewinsel de Rajon Wassileostrowski de Wassili-Insel el Νήσος Βασίλιεφσκι es Isla Vasileostrovsky fi Hirvisaari fi Vasilinsaari fr District de Vasileostrovsky fr District de Vassilievski fr île Vassilievski he סנקט פטרבורג/האי ווסיליבסקי hu Vasziljevszkij-sziget it Isola Vasil'ievskij
🔖 Identifiers · 13
VIAF cluster ID
236118386
GND ID
4599316-6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Neva river 01.jpg ↗
Edition humboldt digital ID
H0018100
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Vasilyevsky-Island
Freebase ID
/m/0704qf
GNS Unique Feature ID
-3029274
GeoNames ID
476551
Museum-digital place ID
56262
NL CR AUT ID
ge581630
OpenStreetMap relation ID
1576083
State Catalogue of Geographical Names (Russia) ID
0024854
Show all 13 identifiers +1
Topic's main category
Category:Vasilievsky Island

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

🔗 Connections
← Located in/on physical feature 4
Vasileostrovsky District, Baltic Shipyard, Smolenskoye Orthodox Cemetery, The Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God
Country 3
Russia, Soviet Union, Russian Empire
Contained subdivisions 2
Erarta, Diaghilev Museum of Contemporary Art at St. Petersburg State University
Instance of 1
island
Located in or next to body of water 1
Gulf of Finland
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Vasileostrovsky District
Located in this place 1
Saint Petersburg State University
Named after 1
Vasileostrovskaya
Topic's main category 1
Category:Vasilievsky Island
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Vasilievsky Island
← Depicts 1
Module:Location map/data/Russia Saint Petersburg Vasilyevsky Island
← FactGrid item ID 1
Wallis
← Narrative location 1
Humiliated and Insulted
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Vasilyevsky Island include Vasileostrovskaya[14], a metro station[15], in Russia[16].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Vasilyevsky Island include Vasileostrovskaya[14], a metro station[15], in Russia[16].

Related Entities

Humiliated and Insulted Russia Russian Empire

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . ruscorpora.ru. ruscorpora.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Vasilyevsky Island. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/vasilyevsky-island
MLA “Vasilyevsky Island.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 7 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/vasilyevsky-island.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_vasilyevsky-island_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Vasilyevsky Island}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/vasilyevsky-island}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-07}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Vasilyevsky Island — https://4ort.xyz/entity/vasilyevsky-island (retrieved 2026-11-07)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/vasilyevsky-island · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Vnnen · 2026-11-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Added [fi] description: Nevan suiston saari Pietarissa"
  2. 25w ago · Екатерина Борисова · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Vasileostrovsky District
    Area → 10.9 square kilometre
    Coordinate location → 59.939°, 30.256°
    Country → Russia, Russian Empire, Soviet Union
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Instance of: historic district"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.