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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] |
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] |
VTB Arena
The VTB Arena – Dynamo Central Stadium is a multi-purpose sports complex in Moscow, Russia. It consists of an ice hockey and an association football venue. The football stadium is officially named Dynamo Central Stadium "Lev Yashin". The ice hockey venue is known as the Universal VTB Arena. History The old Central Dynamo Stadium was closed for demolition in 2008, and the new VTB Arena was built in its place. The final design of the new stadium was done by David Manica of MANICA Architecture, and the construction was originally scheduled to be finished in 2016 and then 2017, but continued into 2018. The project is called VTB Arena, even though VTB Bank attempted to sell the naming rights. The football stadium has the capacity of 27,000, that can be adjusted up to 45,000, or down to an undisclosed number, while the indoor arena has a base capacity of 12,273. At the end of 2020, a facial recognition system was installed at the stadium to keep unwanted fans out. It was also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokol (Metro)
Sokol (, ) is a Moscow Metro station on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line. The station opened on 11 September 1938. Designed by K. Yakovlev, V. Polikarpova, and V. Andreev, it features a single row of pillars which flare upward into the arched ceiling, separated by circular coffers. Sokol is finished in a variety of materials, including white and gray Koyelga marble, onyx, granite, and white ceramic tile. The two entrances to the station are located on both sides of Leningradsky Prospekt. An additional exit to the underpass is available from the south end of the platform. Another entrance was cut in 2003 from the nearby Metro Market shopping center. It was the northwestern terminus of the line until 1964 when 3 northern stations were opened. A Zamoskvoretskaya Line depot is located near the station. Name The station is named after the Sokol cooperative settlement (built in the 1920s) that also gave name to the Sokol District Sokol District () is an administrative district (raion), one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khodynka Aerodrome
Khodynka (, ''Khodynskiy''), officially Frunze Central Aerodrome, formerly known as Central (''Tsentralny'', ), was an airport in Moscow, Russia, located northwest of the centre of the city. History The aerodrome was founded on 17 June 1910, when the announced that the staff of the Moscow Military District had approved the allocation of land in the territory of Khodynka field as an airfield. Donations from aviation enthusiasts met much of the cost of the construction of the facility. There resulted a runway and six small hangars for aeroplanes. The official opening took place on 3 October 1910 in the presence of military authorities and of many Russian aviators. made the first takeoff. In 1920, the Scientific-Test Airfield NOA GU RKKVF, which was to become today's 929th State Flight Test Centre named for V. P. Chkalov, was established at the airfield. On 3 May 1922, the first ever Russian international flight on the route Moscow - Königsberg - Berlin took place. On 15 Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serebryany Bor
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Serebryany Bor () is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities * Serebryany Bor, Sakha Republic, an urban-type settlement in Neryungrinsky District of the Sakha Republic ;Rural localities * Serebryany Bor, Saratov Oblast, a settlement in Rovensky District of Saratov Oblast Saratov Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Saratov. As of the 2021 Russian cens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sokol Settlement
Sokol () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in the center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on both banks of the Sukhona River. Population: . History The village of Sokolovo () existed on this location since at least 1615. Since 1796, the village was part of Kadnikovsky Uyezd of Vologda Governorate. In 1897, a paper mill was built near the village and Sokolovo became the primary place of residence of the employees of the mill. In November 1923, the Vologda Executive Committee decreed to create Sverdlovsko-Sukhonsky District with the administrative center in the settlement of Sokol; however, the decision was not approved by the central authorities, and the district was never created. On July 15, 1929, the uyezds were abolished, the governorates merged into Northern Krai, and Sverdlovsky District with the administrative center in the work settlement of Sokol was established among others. It became a part of Vologda Okrug of Northern Krai. In 1932, Sokol w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fyodor Schechtel
Fyodor Osipovich Schechtel (; – July 7, 1926) was a Russian architect, graphic artist and stage designer, the most influential and prolific master of Russian Art Nouveau and late Russian Revival architecture. Baptised as Franz Albert Schechtel (also transliterated as Shekhtel), he created most of his work as Franz Schechtel (Франц Шехтель), changing his name to Fyodor with the outbreak of World War I. In two decades of independent practice he completed five theaters, five churches, 39 private residences, Yaroslavsky Rail Terminal and various other buildings, primarily in Moscow. Most of his legacy survives to date. Biography Early life Franz Schechtel (Russified as Fyodor Osipovich) was born to a family of ethnic German engineers in Saint Petersburg, the second of five children. His parents were Volga Germans of Saratov. His mother, born Daria Karlovna Zhegin, came from a family of Saratov merchants. Schechtel's uncle on his father's side, also named Franz Schec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morozov Family
Morozov may refer to: *Morozov (crater), a lunar crater *Morozov (surname), people with the surname ''Morozov'' See also *Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau (KMDB), a Ukrainian state-owned tank design bureau *''Pavlik Morozov Pavel Trofimovich Morozov (; 14 November 1918 – 3 September 1932), better known by the diminutive Pavlik, was a Soviet Union, Soviet youth praised by the Soviet press as a martyr. Evidence has emerged since the dissolution of the Sovie ...'' (1918–1932), play by Ukrainian writer Les Podervyansky * Morozovsky (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət, t=Lower Newtown; colloquially shortened to Nizhny) is a city and the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and the Volga Federal District in Russia. The city is located at the confluence of the Oka (river), Oka and the Volga rivers in Central Russia, with a population of over 1.2 million residents, up to roughly 1.7 million residents in the urban agglomeration. Nizhny Novgorod is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, sixth-largest city in Russia, the Volga#Biggest cities on the shores of the Volga, second-most populous city on the Volga, as well as the Volga Federal District. The city is located 420 kilometers (260 mi) east of Moscow. It is an important economic, transportation, scientific, educational and cultural centre in Russia and the vast Volga-Vyatka economic region, and the main centre of river tourism in Russia. In the his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khodynka Field
Khodynka Field (, ''Khodynskoye pole'') is a large open space in the north-west of Moscow, at the beginning of the present day Leningradsky Prospect. It takes its name from the small Khodynka River which used to cross the neighbourhood. The field is close to several Moscow Metro stations including Dinamo and Aeroport on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line, and Oktyabrskoe Pole on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line, which is named after Khodynka field. Early history Khodynka Field (up to the 17th century "Khodinskiy Meadow") has been known as such since the 14th century. The first mention of this name dates back to 1389, when Knyaz Dmitry Donskoy bequeathed Khodyinsky Meadow to his son Yuri Dmitrievich. For a long time the field was undeveloped, placed it on arable land Tver coachmen settlement. At the beginning of the 17th century, the army of Tsar Vasili IV fought here against the troops of False Dmitry II. During the reign of Catherine the Great, in 1775, the field was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Bashilov
Alexander Alexandrovich Bashilov (; August 31, 1777 in Hlukhiv – December 31, 1847 in Moscow) was a Russian general officer of Napoleonic Wars period, later engaged in urban planning of Moscow and its suburbs. Military career Alexander Bashilov, commissioned on graduation from the Page Corps, joined the elite Preobrazhensky regiment in January 1798. An aide to Paul I of Russia, he quickly rose to the rank of colonel in October 1800. In February 1802 he was stripped of his court titles for "indecent behaviour in a theatre" and transferred to a second-rate infantry regiment. He retired in November 1803 but returned to active service as a commanding officer of Tambov regiment in 1806. Bashilov was involved in four campaigns: * 1807 - Regimental commander against the French during War of the Fourth Coalition * 1809 - Brigade commander in Galician and Bulgarian campaign against the Turks during Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812), notably the siege of Pazardzhik. Promoted to Genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
