Bolokhovo
Bolokhovo (Russian: Бо́лохово) is a town in Kireyevsky District of Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the Olen River (Oka's basin), 20 kilometers (12 mi) southeast of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast.
Bolokhovo (Russian: Бо́лохово) is a town in Kireyevsky District of Tula Oblast, Russia, located on the Olen River (Oka's basin), 20 kilometers (12 mi) southeast of Tula, the administrative center of the oblast.
Bodaybo Airport is a regional airport built in Bodaybo, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia during World War II for the Alaska-Siberian (ALSIB) air route used to ferry American Lend-Lease aircraft to the Eastern Front.
The Bolshoi Obukhovsky Bridge (Russian: Большо́й Обу́ховский мост, Bolshoy Obukhovsky most) is the newest (not taking into account the Blagoveshchensky Bridge rebuilt in 2007) bridge across the Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is also the …
Beryozovsky (Russian: Берёзовский) is a town in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located between the Barzas and Shurap Rivers (Ob's basin), 27 kilometers (17 mi) north of Kemerovo, the administrative center of the oblast.
Beryozovskoye deposit, Berezovskoe gold deposit, Berezovsky deposit, Berezovsk Mines, and some other names (Russian: Берёзовское месторождение) is the first known primary deposit of gold in Russia. It is located 13 km northwest of Yekaterinburg in t…
Baydukov Island (Остров Байдуков; Ostrov Baydukov), formerly Langr Island or Bol'shoy Langr Island, is a coastal island in the southern end of the Sea of Okhotsk.
Bada (also given as Bata) is an air base in Russia located 3 km north-east of Bada in Zabaykalsky Krai. There are several clusters of remote revetments for fighter aircraft, and large tarmac.
Babayurtovsky District (Russian: Бабаю́ртовский райо́н; Kumyk: Бабаюрт район; Avar: Дибиросул мухъ) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. It is located in the northern central …
Arthur Island (Остров Артура; Ostrov Artura) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia.
The Russian Museum of Military Medicine (Russian: Военно-медицинский музей Министерства обороны Российской Федерации) is situated in the center of Saint Petersburg, Russia, in front of Vitebsky Rail Terminal.
Archib (Арчиб in Cyrillic) is a village in Southern Dagestan, Russia near the Azerbaijani border. It is the central village of the Archi people, who speak Archi.
Arbatskaya (Russian: Арба́тская) is a station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Completed in 1935, it was one of the original Metro stations. The design is the same standard pillar-trispan template used for Smolenskaya, Sokolniki, and Par…
Antonievo-Siysky Monastery (Антониев-Сийский монастырь in Russian) is a Russian Orthodox monastery that was founded by Saint Anthony of Siya deep in the woods, 90 km to the south of Kholmogory, in 1520. Currently the monastery is located in Kholmogo…
The Antoniev Monastery ("St Anthony's Monastery", Russian: Антониев монастырь) rivalled the Yuriev Monastery as the most important monastery of medieval Novgorod the Great. It stands along the right bank of the Volkhov River north of the city centre…
The Annunciation Cathedral (Russian: Благовещенский собор) in Voronezh is one of the tallest Eastern Orthodox churches in the world.
The Anish (Russian: Аниш, Chuvash: Энĕш, Енĕш, Enêş) is a river in Tsivilsky and Kozlovsky Districts of the Republic of Chuvashia, Russia, a right-bank tributary of the Volga River. Its length is 60.7 kilometers (37.7 mi) and its drainage basin is 9…
The Anglo American School of St. Petersburg (AASSP), located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, is a branch of the Anglo-American School of Moscow (AAS). It is an independent, non-profit, co-educational day school that serves students from Kindergarten th…
Anadyrskiy Liman (Russian: Анадырский Лиман) or Anadyr Estuary is an estuary on the Gulf of Anadyr in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Siberia, the Russian Federation. It is called a liman because it is separated from the Gulf of Anadyr by the Russkaya Ko…
Amurzet (Russian: Амурзет) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Oktyabrsky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia, located 250 kilometers (160 mi) from Birobidzhan. Population: 5,051 (2010 Census); 5,382 (2002 Cens…
The Amur Liman is a liman of the Amur River, the northern part of the Strait of Tartary between Eurasia and Sakhalin. It connects the Sakhalin Gulf of the Sea of Okhotsk with the main body of the Strait of Tartary via the Nevelskoy Strait.
Amginsky District (Russian: Амги́нский улу́с; Sakha: Амма улууһа) is an administrative and municipal district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the republic and borders with Chu…
Alsheyevsky District (Russian: Альше́евский райо́н; Bashkir: Әлшәй районы) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fifty-four in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic. The area of th…
Alger Island (Russian: Остров Алджер; Ostrov Aldzher) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia.
Aleysk is an air base in Altai Krai, Russia located 6 km west of Aleysk.
Alexandrovsky District (Russian: Александровский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the sixteen in Tomsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast and borders with the territory of Strezhevoy Town …
Alexandrov Gay (Russian: Алекса́ндров Гай) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Alexandrovo-Gaysky District of Saratov Oblast, Russia, located near the Russo-Kazakh border.
The monument to Alexander I of Russia was erected on the initiative of the people of Taganrog in memory of the emperor's stay and death in the city.
Alatyrsky District (Russian: Ала́тырский райо́н; Chuvash: Улатăр районĕ) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district…
Akshinsky District (Russian: Акшинский район) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-one in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. It is located in the south of the krai and borders with Ononsky, Ulyotovsky, and Kyrinsky Districts…
Akatuy katorga prison (Russian: Акатуйская каторжная тюрьма, Akatuyskaya katorzhnaya tyur'ma) was part of the Nerchinsk katorga system of the Russian Empire in the Nerchinsk okrug of Transbaikalia. It was constructed in 1888 at the Akatuyskom mine, …
Tomsk Akademgorodok is an estate in the Soviet area of Tomsk, Siberian Federal District, in which are research institutes, and have employees of the Tomsk Scientific Center of the Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). Tomsk Aka…
Admiralteysky District (Russian: Адмиралте́йский райо́н) is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. It borders the Neva River in the north and in the west, the Yekateringofka River in the southwest, areas around Gorokhovaya Street …
The 1997 Kamchatka earthquake, or 1997 Kronotsky earthquake, occurred on December 5 at 11:26 UTC near the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula. It is an Mw 7.7 (7.6-7.8) earthquake and was felt with intensity MM V in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy. A 60…
The 1961 Elbarusovo school fire was a fire that occurred on 5 November 1961 in Elbarusovo, Chuvash ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.
Serafimovich (Russian: Серафимо́вич) is a town and the administrative center of Serafimovichsky District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Don River, 160 kilometers (99 mi) northwest of Volgograd, the administrative cente…