Ushkovo, Saint Petersburg

60°12′N 29°38′E / 60.2°N 29.64°E / 60.2; 29.64

Ushkovo (Russian: Ушково; Finnish: Tyrisevä) 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: 618 (2010 Census); 482 (2002 Census); 6,031 (1989 Soviet census).

Before the Winter and the Continuation Wars, it was a part of Finland's municipality of Terijoki (modern Zelenogorsk).

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