The Raspadskaya mine explosion was a mine explosion in the Raspadskaya mine, located near Mezhdurechensk in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, which occurred on 8 May 2010. It was believed to have been caused by a buildup of methane. The initial explosion was…
Ramon (Russian: Рамонь) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Ramonsky District of Voronezh Oblast, Russia. Population: 8,354 (2010 Census); 8,039 (2002 Census); 8,729 (1989 Census).
Pyt-Yakh (Russian: Пыть-Ях) is a town in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Russia, located on the east bank of the Bolshoy Balyk River, southeast of Khanty-Mansiysk.
Pyasina River (Russian: Пясина) is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. The river is 818 kilometres (508 mi) long, and its basin covers 182,000 square kilometres (70,000 sq mi). The Pyasina River originates in Lake Pyasino and flows into the Pyasino…
Pyana (Russian: Пья́на) is a river in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and the Republic of Mordovia, Russia.
Puchezh (Russian: Пу́чеж) is a port town and the administrative center of Puchezhsky District in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia, located on the west side of the Volga River, 175 kilometers (109 mi) east of Ivanovo, the administrative center of the oblast.
…Privolzhsk (Russian: Приво́лжск) is a town and the administrative center of Privolzhsky District in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia, located on the Shacha River (right tributary of the Volga) 51 kilometers (32 mi) northeast of Ivanovo, the administrative cen…
Prioksko-Terrasny Nature Biosphere Reserve (Russian: Приокско-Террасный государственный природный биосферный заповедник) is one of Russia's smallest zapovedniks (nature reserves), sprawling over an area of 5,000 hectares along the left bank of the O…
Primorsky (Russian: Примо́рский) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Khasansky District of Primorsky Krai, Russia, located on the Kedrovaya River 22 kilometers (14 mi) west of Vladivostok and 30 kilometers (19 mi) southwest of the dis…
Preobrazhenka Cemetery (Russian: Преображенка, Преображенское кладбище, English: Transfiguration Cemetery) is a cemetery in the eastern part of Moscow long associated with Old Believers. It was inaugurated by a Fedoseevtsy merchant in 1777 as a plag…
Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad (Russian: Преображе́нская пло́щадь) is a Moscow Metro station in the Preobrazhenskoye District, Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow.
Povenets (Russian: Повене́ц; Finnish and Karelian: Poventsa) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Medvezhyegorsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located on the shore of Lake Onega, 231 kilometers (144 mi) north of Petroza…
Povarskaya Street (Russian: Поварская улица), known from 1924-1991 as Vorovsky Street (улица Воровского), is a radial street in the center of Moscow, Russia, connecting Arbat Square on Boulevard Ring with Kudrinskaya Square on the Garden Ring. It is…
Poshekhonye (Russian: Пошехо́нье) is a town and the administrative center of Poshekhonsky District in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located on the Sogozha River, 151 kilometers (94 mi) northwest of Yaroslavl, the administrative center of the oblast.
Popov Island (Russian: Остров Попова, (42°57′N131°43′E) is an island in Eugénie de Montijo Archipelago. It lies in Peter the Great Gulf, 20 km to the south of Zolotoy Rog between Reyneke and Russky Islands. It is named after admiral Andrey Alexandr…
Polyanka (Russian: Полянка) is a Moscow Metro station in the Yakimanka District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia. It is on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line.
Polessky District (Russian: Поле́сский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Polessky Municipal District. It is located in the center of the ob…
Pochep (Russian: Почеп) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
Plestsy Airport (Russian: Плесцы), also Pero (Russian: Перо — “feather”), is an airport in Russia located 10 km east of Plesetsk.
Plesetsky District (Russian: Плесе́цкий райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) one of the twenty-one in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Plesetsky Municipal District. It is located in the west of the …
Plekhanovo Airport (ICAO: USTL) is an airport in Tyumen Oblast, Russia located 4 km west of Tyumen.
The Pinega (Russian: Пинега) is a river in Verkhnetoyemsky, Pinezhsky, and Kholmogorsky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. It is a right tributary of the Northern Dvina River. It is 779 kilometres (484 mi) long, and the area of its basin 42,…
Petrovsko-Razumovskaya (Russian: Петровско-Разумовская) is a Moscow Metro station in the Timiryazevsky District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line, between Vladykino and Timiryazevskaya stations.
Petrov Val (Russian: Петро́в Вал) is a town in Kamyshinsky District of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Ilovlya River (a tributary of the Don), 185 kilometers (115 mi) north of Volgograd, the administrative center of the obl…
Petrogradsky District (Russian: Петрогра́дский райо́н) is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. It borders the Bolshaya Nevka River in the north and in the east, the Neva River in the south, and areas around the Malaya Neva River…
Perevoz (Russian: Перево́з) is a town and the administrative center of Perevozsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Pyana River, 120 kilometers (75 mi) southeast of Nizhny Novgorod, the administrative center of the oblast.
…Pavlovsk (Russian: Па́вловск) is a town and the administrative center of Pavlovsky District in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Don River at its confluence with the Osered), 234 kilometers (145 mi) southeast of Voronezh, the …
The Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (PIN; Russian: Палеонтологический институт РАН) in Moscow is among the world's largest paleontological institutes.
Palana Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Палана) (ICAO: UHPL) is an airport in Koryak Okrug, Russia located 4 km west of Palana. It services small transports. There is also the Palana New Airport, which appeared to be under construction around 2000 in Goog…
Ozherelye (Russian: Ожерелье; IPA: [ɐʐɨˈrʲelʲjɪ]) is a town in Kashirsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 118 kilometers (73 mi) south of Moscow and 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) southeast of Kashira, the administrative center of the district.
…Ostry is a stratovolcano located in the northern part of Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. It comprises higher Ostry volcano and smaller Kutina volcano.
Ostrogozhsk (Russian: Острого́жск) is a town and the administrative center in Ostrogozhsky District of Voronezh Oblast, Russia, located on the Tikhaya Sosna River (Don's tributary), 142 kilometers (88 mi) south of Voronezh, the administrative center…
Osinniki (Russian: Оси́нники), known until 1938 as Osinovka (Оси́новка), is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.
Orlov (Russian: Орлов) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
The Onega Peninsula is located in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It protrudes into the White Sea, with Onega Bay to the south-west, and Dvina Bay to the north-east. The length of the peninsula is about 150 kilometres (93 mi), and the width varies betwe…