Pesochny, Saint Petersburg

60°07′N 30°09′E / 60.12°N 30.15°E / 60.12; 30.15

Pesochny (Russian: Песо́чный) is a municipal settlement in Kurortny District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus, on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland. Population: 8,130 (2010 census);^[1] 6,487 (2002 census);^[2] 7,761 (1989 Soviet census).^[3]

Until 1925, it was called Grafskaya koloniya (Графская колония, lit. Colony of the earl), or Grafskoye (Графское) for short. Its Finnish name "Raavski" is derived from that name.