Sredinny Range (Russian: Срединный хребет) is a mountain range in Kamchatka, Russia, at (56°N158°E). It stretches from northeast to southwest along the center of the peninsula and is made up of volcanoes, mostly shield volcanoes and stratovolcanoes…
South-Western Administrative Okrug (Russian: Ю́го-За́падный администрати́вный о́круг, Yugo-Zapadny administrativny okrug), or Yugo-Zapadny Administrative Okrug, is one of the twelve high-level territorial divisions (administrative okrugs) of the fed…
South-West State University (former Kursk State Technical University) (Russian: Юго-Западный государственный университет, Yugo-Zapadnyj gosudarstvennyj universitet), for a time the КurskSTU (Russian: КурскГТУ), kurskij politeh (Russian: курский поли…
South River Terminal is one of two passenger river terminals in Moscow. It was built in 1985 according the design of architect A.M.Rukhlyadev.
Sormovo (or Gorkiy Sormovo) is an airfield in Russia, located on the outskirts of Nizhny Novgorod, some 8 km (5.0 mi) from the center city, just west of the Sokol Aircraft Plant. Legally, it is within the city's Moskovsky District (Московский район)…
The Soltan Mosque (Cyrillic: Солтан мәчете; formerly Cihanşa bay Mosque, The Red Mosque, Ğosman Mosque, The Eighth Mosque, also spelled Sultan or Sultanovskaya via Russian Султановская мечеть) is a mosque in Kazan, Russia.
Sokol (Russian: Со́кол) is a town in the center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on both banks of the Sukhona River.
Centrally located within the Sochi Olympic Park sports venues, the Sochi Medals Plaza is located near the Fisht Olympic Stadium, the Black Sea coast and was the cauldron for the Olympic Flame.
Smolenskaya (Russian: Смоленская) is a station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It was opened in 1935 as part of the first Metro line. Designed by S.G. Andriyevsky and T.N. Makarychev, the station features gray marble pillars with flared…
Shushary (Russian: Шуша́ры, from Finnish Suosaari, "marshy heights") is a municipal settlement in Pushkinsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located on the slopes of the Pulkovo Heights. Population: 22,652 (2010 Census); 15,8…
Shumerlya (Russian: Шу́мерля; Chuvash: Çĕмĕрле, Şĕmĕrle) is a town in the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Sura River on the Nizhny Novgorod–Ulyanovsk highway.
The Shtyki Memorial (Russian: Мемориальный комплекс «Штыки», lit. bayonets), also named the Monument to the Defenders of Moscow (памятник Защитникам Москвы), is a memorial complex in honour of those who defended Russia in the Battle of Moscow. At th…
Shoyna (Russian: Шо́йна) is a coastal village (selo), located on the Kanin Peninsula in northern Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia.
Shokalsky Island (Russian: Остров Шокальского) is an island in the Kara Sea, in Russia. It is located on the eastern side of the mouth of the Ob River, off the tip of the narrow northwestern arm of the Gydan Peninsula.
The Shirshov Institute of Oceanology (P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology (SIO) RAS, Russian: Институт океанологии им. П. П.
Shinnik Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Yaroslavl, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Shinnik Yaroslavl. The stadium holds 22,990 people.
Shiashkotan (Russian: Шиашкотан); (Japanese: 捨子古丹島; Shasukotan-tō) is an uninhabited volcanic island near the center of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean, separated from Ekarma by the Ekarma Strait.
Shatoy (Russian: Шато́й; Chechen: Шуьйта) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Shatoysky District of the Chechen Republic, Russia. Population: 2,953 (2010 Census); 1,771 (2002 Census).
Severomorsk-1 (ICAO: ULAK), formerly known as Vayenga-1, is a naval air base in Murmansk Oblast, Russia located 4 km south of Severomorsk (formerly called Vayenga). It one of the largest airfields on the Kola Peninsula, second only to Olenya. It can…
Sertolovo (Russian: Се́ртолово; Finnish: Sierattala) is a town in Vsevolozhsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located north of St. Petersburg.
Serebryanye Prudy (Russian: Сере́бряные Пруды́, lit. Silver Ponds) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Serebryano-Prudsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Osyotr River. Among the district center…
Serdobsk (Russian: Сердо́бск) is a town and the administrative center of Serdobsky District in Penza Oblast, Russia, located on the Serdoba River (Don's basin) 111 kilometers (69 mi) southeast of Penza, the administrative center of the oblast.
Semyonov (Russian: Семёнов) is a town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, notable for being a major center for traditional handcrafts such as Khokhloma wood painting and matryoshka dolls.
Saransk Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Саранск) (IATA: SKX, ICAO: UWPS) is an airport in Mordovia, Russia located 7 km southeast of Saransk. It services small airliners, mainly Antonov An-24s. There is a single 300 x 195 m pad with 10 parking spaces.
…Samosdelka (Russian: Самосделка) is a village in southern Russia (about 40 km south-south-west of the city of Astrakhan) near which archaeologists reported in September 2008 that they had found the remains of Atil, the capital of the medieval Khazar…
Saint Andrew's Cathedral (Russian: Андреевский собор) was the last Baroque cathedral built in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Rybinsk Hydroelectric Station or Rybinsk GES (Russian: Ры́бинская ГЭС) is a hydroelectric station on the Volga and the Sheksna rivers in Yaroslavl Oblast near the Rybinsk town.
Lefort (Russian "Лефорт", also spelled "Leffort") was a ship of the line of the Imperial Russian Navy.
Pyatnitskoye Shosse (Russian: Пя́тницкое шоссе́) is a Moscow Metro station in the Mitino District, North-Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia. It is the northwestern terminus of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line.
Roshal (Russian: Роша́ль) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Voymega River 156 kilometers (97 mi) east of Moscow.
Rogozhskoe cemetery (Russian: Рогожское кладбище) in Moscow, Russia, is the spiritual and administrative center of the largest Old Believers denomination, called the Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church. Historically, the name cemetery was applied to th…
The Kharitonov Palace is arguably the grandest palatial residence in the Urals. This Neoclassical townhouse was commissioned in 1794 by Lev Rastorguyev, an Old Believer merchant and landowner. The main house was built on the so-called Annunciation H…
Rasshua (Russian: Расшуа, Japanese: 羅処和島), is an uninhabited volcanic island near the center of the Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean, 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Ushishir and 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of…
Radio Königsberg was a radio program broadcast by the Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft, which transmitted news related to Nazi Germany during World War II.
Pushkinskaya (Russian: Пушкинская) is a station on Moscow Metro's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Opened on 17 December 1975, along with Kuznetsky Most as the segment which linked the Zhdanovskaya and Krasnopresnenskaya Lines into one. Like its ne…
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