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Leningradskoye Shosse
The M10 "Russia" () is a federal highway in Russia connecting the country's two largest cities, Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Other than in the vicinity of Moscow and Saint Petersburg, the M10 is basically a two-lane highway (one lane for each direction), with an occasional third centre lane to allow overtaking or for left-turning traffic at intersections. History The highway Moscow - Tver - Novgorod existed even before the founding of Saint Petersburg. Along the way there were special checkpoints ( Yam) in particular Yedrovo, Valday, Yazhelbitsy, Krestsy, and Bronnitsa. The first long road in this area was built between 1712 and 1746, by order of Peter the Great. The construction of this road was run by an office that formed for this purpose. After the completion of the road in 1755, it was transformed into the Office of the structure of public roads. It was later known as the Commission on the Roads in the State. Route Moscow to Saint Petersburg The distance from Moscow t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow
Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents within the city limits, over 19.1 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in Moscow metropolitan area, its metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's List of largest cities, largest cities, being the List of European cities by population within city limits, most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest List of urban areas in Europe, urban and List of metropolitan areas in Europe, metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow became the capital of the Grand Principality of Moscow, which led the unification of the Russian lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chudovo, Chudovsky District, Novgorod Oblast
Chudovo () is a town and the administrative center of Chudovsky District in Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Kerest River (a left tributary of the Volkhov). Population: History The village of Chudovo was first mentioned in chronicles in 1539. By the mid-18th century, it developed into a big '' selo'' with a postal service station. By the beginning of the 19th century, Chudovo was the seat of Chudovskaya Volost of Novgorodsky Uyezd in Novgorod Governorate. The development of the area was further aided by the construction of the Moscow–St. Petersburg Railway, which opened in 1851. The railway to Novgorod was completed in 1871. A match factory, two cement-making factories, and a number of porcelain factories were built. In August 1927, the uyezds were abolished and, effective October 1, 1927, Chudovsky District was established, with the administrative center in Chudovo.Snytko et al., pp. 85–87 Novgorod Governorate was abolished as well and the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow–Saint Petersburg Motorway
The Moscow–Saint Petersburg motorway (), designated as the М11 Neva, is a Russian Russian federal highways, federal highway in the European Russia, European part of Russia, running parallel to the M10 highway (Russia), M10 highway, serving from the Federal cities of Russia, federal cities of Moscow to Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg. The M11 goes through Moscow Oblast, Moscow, Tver Oblast, Tver, Novgorod Oblast, Novgorod, and Leningrad Oblasts, running past the cities of Khimki, Zelenograd, Solnechnogorsk, Klin, Klinsky District, Moscow Oblast, Klin, Tver, Vyshny Volochyok, Valday, Novgorod Oblast, Valday, Veliky Novgorod, Chudovo, Chudovsky District, Novgorod Oblast, Chudovo, and Tosno. The M11 is a category 1A highway, defined as a Controlled-access highway, motorway, which has two to five lanes on each side and a calculated speed limit of around 150 km/h. The M11 is one of the most recent federal highways. Construction began in 2010. It was planned that the highway would b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sennaya Square
Sennaya Square or Sennaya Ploshchad ( rus, Сенна́я пло́щадь, p=sʲɪˈnːajə ˈploɕːɪtʲ, t=Hay Square, links=yes) is a large city square in Central Saint Petersburg, located at the crossing of Garden Street, Moskovsky Prospekt (formerly ''Zabalkansky Prospekt'') and Grivtsova Lane (formerly ''Demidov Lane''). The square was established in 1737 as a market where hay, firewood and cattle were sold. It was built under the extension of the Garden Street, and grew quickly, becoming the cheapest and the most active market in Saint Petersburg. The Hay Market was a place where merchants and farmers could trade. It was there that malefactors were flogged before a large concourse of people. In 1753, local merchants commissioned the building of the Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God in a sumptuous Baroque style. In the middle of the square is a former guardhouse (1818–20). Cholera riots took place in the square in 1831. The surrounding district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moskovsky Prospekt
Moskovsky Prospekt (street), Prospekt (, ''Moskovsky Avenue'') is a 10 km-long prospekt in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It runs from Sennaya Square and Sadovaya Street, to Victory Square, Saint Petersburg, Victory Square, where it splits into the M20 highway (Russia), Pulkovo Highway and M10 highway (Russia), Moscow Highway. It crosses the Fontanka River, Zagorodny Prospekt, Obvodny Canal, and Ligovsky Avenue. It is named for and leads to Moscow. The prospekt began to develop as a part of the major route connecting the city with Moscow and south provinces. The original name of the prospekt was Tsarskoselskaya Doroga ("Route to Tsarskoe Selo") since it leads to imperial estates in Tsarskoye Selo. In the 1770s, marble mileposts were installed along the way; many have survived to this day. Among the historic buildings along the prospekt are the Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology, the New Smolny Convent with the adjacent Novodevichy Cemetery (Saint Petersburg), Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moskovsky District, Saint Petersburg
Moskovsky District () is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders .... As of the 2010 Census, its population was 288,744; up from 275,884 recorded in the 2002 Census. History The district was established in 1919. The 2nd People's Militia Division was formed rapidly in this district in 1941 in the face of the advancing German armies. Municipal divisions Moskovsky District comprises the following five municipal okrugs:Law #411-68 * Gagarinskoye * Moskovskaya zastava * Novoizmaylovskoye * Pulkovsky meridian * Zvyozdnoye References Notes Sources * {{Authority control ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victory Square, Saint Petersburg
Victory Square (, Ploschad Pobedy) is a city square in the south of Saint Petersburg, Russia, named after the Victory Day (9 May), Soviet victory in the Great Patriotic War (term), Great Patriotic War. It is located in the very end of Moskovsky Prospekt avenue 8 km from the city's primary Pulkovo Airport – not in the central part of the city, despite this name being common in the former Soviet cities as a central city square. The nearest Saint Petersburg Metro, metro station is Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line, Moskovskaya. The thoroughfare with the solemn ensemble of the square is the southern entrance to the city for the automotive traffic from internal Russia with its older and current capital Moscow, after which the avenue, the city district and the next square are named, and for the passengers arriving from the airport. Victory Square is home to the ''Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad'', which commemorates the victims and survivors of the Siege of Leningrad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manezhnaya Square, Moscow
Manezhnaya (, , ) is a pedestrian public space, open space in the Tverskoy District, at the heart of Moscow. It is bound by the Hotel Moskva (Moscow), Hotel Moskva to the east, the State Historical Museum and the Alexander Garden to the south, the Moscow Manege to the west, and the 18th-century headquarters of the Moscow State University to the north. The square forms a vital part of downtown Moscow, connecting Red Square (which sprawls behind the Iberian Gate and Chapel, Iberian Gate immediately to the south) with the major traffic artery Tverskaya Street, which starts here and runs northwestward in the direction of Saint Petersburg. It is served by three Moscow Metro stations: Okhotny Ryad (Moscow Metro), Okhotny Ryad, Ploshchad Revolyutsii (Moscow Metro), Ploshchad Revolyutsii, and Teatralnaya (Moscow Metro), Teatralnaya. History The Manezhka (as it is familiarly known) had its origins in Moiseyevskaya Square, which was formed in 1798 in consequence of the demolition of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tverskaya Street
Tverskaya Street ( rus, Тверская улица, p=tvʲɪrˈskajə ˈulʲɪt͡sə), known between 1935 and 1990 as Gorky Street (), is the main radial road, radial street in Moscow. The street runs Northwest from the central Manezhnaya Square, Moscow, Manege Square in the direction of Saint Petersburg and terminates at the Garden Ring, giving the name to Tverskoy District. The route continues further as First Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street, Leningradsky Avenue and Leningradskoye Highway. History and architecture Middle Ages to 18th century Tourists are told that Tverskaya Street existed as early as the 12th century. Its importance for the medieval city was immense, as it connected Moscow with its superior, and later chief rival, Tver. At that time, the thoroughfare crossed the Neglinnaya River. The first stone bridge across the Neglinnaya was set up in 1595. In the 17th and 18th centuries, Tverskaya Street was renowned as the centre of Moscow's social life. The nobility con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volokolamsk Highway
''Volokolamsk Highway'' (Russian: ''Волоколамское шоссе'') is a novel written by Alexandr Bek, published in Russian in 1944, with later translations into English, Hebrew, Spanish, Chinese, German and many other languages during the 1940s and '50s. The novel, based on real events in October, 1941, during the Battle of Moscow, describes defensive fighting over several days by a single battalion of the 316th Rifle Division against elements of German Army Group Center. Both for its realism and for its practical advice on infantry tactics in modern war, ''Volokolamsk Highway'' became standard reading for junior officers in the Red Army and later Soviet Army, the forces of the arising State of Israel, and most socialist and revolutionary movements during the latter part of the 20th century. The novel has been out of print in English for several decades. Creation and inspiration After a short term of service as a volunteer in the 8th (Krasnaya Presnya) Volunteer Rif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leningradsky Prospekt
Leningradsky Prospekt (), or Leningrad Avenue, is a major arterial avenue in Moscow, Russia. It extends north-west from Belorussky Rail Terminal as a continuation of Tverskaya Street and 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street, changing its name to Leningradskoye Highway past Sokol station on its way toward Saint Petersburg via Tver. History The old road to Tver, with medieval origins, assumed its current alignment in the 16th century. Named ''Peterburskoye Shosse'' (''Petersburg Highway'') when paved between 1786 and 1790. Petrovsky Palace The Gothic Revival Petrovsky Palace, built in 1776–1780 by Matvey Kazakov, served as a royal stopover for journeys between Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Coaches for the general public operated from Vsekhsvyatskoye village near modern-day Sokol metro station. 19th-century development In the 1830s, General Alexander Bashilov designed a grid of streets north of Petrovsky Palace, with two streets still bearing his name. Khodynka Field hosted mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leningrad Highway
Leningradskoye Highway () is a part of M10 federal highway Moscow – Saint Petersburg inside Moscow. One of the major thruways of Russia's capital, it connects Moscow with several large commuter towns such as Khimki and Zelenograd, as well as with Sheremetyevo Airport. Route Leningradskoye Highway begins in Sokol District in Northern Administrative Okrug where it derives from Leningradsky Avenue along with Volokolamskoye Highway. The highway follows northwestbound, crosses Rizshkaya Railway and goes along the border between Voykovsky District and Koptevo District. After crossing Small railway ring Leningradskoye Highway enters Golovinsky District. There is an interchange with Golovinskoye Highway near Vodny Stadion metro station. Until 2008 this crossing was served by traffic lights. That was the last traffic light on the highway. After crossing Flotskaya Street the highway follows across Levobereznhy District. There is a cloverleaf interchange with Belomorskaya S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
