Zhiguli Mountains
The Zhiguli Mountains or simply Zhiguli, are a range of wooded mountains located in Russia on the right bank of the Volga River, inside the Samara Bend.Photo: delphiski-oracul, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 144 metres
- Description: range of mountains in Russia
- Also known as: “Gory Zhiguli”, “Zheguli”, “Zhigulevskiye Gory”, “Zhiguli”, “Zhiguli Gory”, and “Zhiguli Height”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Annunciation Monastery.
Annunciation Monastery
Church
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The Annunciation Monastery is a church complex in the village of Fyodorovka in the urban district of Tolyatti in Samara Oblast in Russia. Annunciation Monastery is situated 4 km northwest of Zhiguli Mountains.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bakhilova Polyana and Bakhilovo.
Bakhilovo
Village
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Bakhilovo is a village, which is situated 4 km south of Zhiguli Mountains.
Fedorovka
Suburb
Photo: ShinePhantom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fedorovka is a suburb, which is situated 4 km northwest of Zhiguli Mountains.
Zhiguli Mountains
- Categories: mountain range, upland, and landform
- Location: Samara Oblast, Volga Region, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Zhiguli Mountains” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Жигули”
- Cebuano: “Gory Zhiguli”
- Chinese: “日古利山脈”
- Czech: “Žigulovské hory”
- Dutch: “Gory Zhiguli”
- Dutch: “Zjigoeli”
- Estonian: “Žiguli kõrgustik”
- French: “Jigouli”
- French: “monts Jigouli”
- French: “Monts Jigouli”
- German: “Schiguli-Gebirge”
- German: “Schiguli”
- German: “Shiguli-Berge”
- Hebrew: “הרי ז’יגולי”
- Hebrew: “הרי ז׳יגולי”
- Hindi: “झिगुली पर्वत”
- Italian: “Monti Žiguli”
- Japanese: “ジグリ山塊”
- Kazakh: “Жигули таулары”
- Kazakh: “Жигули”
- Kirghiz: “Жигули тоосу”
- Ladin: “Crëps de Zhiguli”
- Ladin: “Crëps Jiguli”
- Latin: “Zhiguli”
- Lithuanian: “Žiguliai (aukštuma)”
- Lithuanian: “Žiguliai”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zjiguljoskifjella”
- Persian: “کوههای ژیگولی”
- Polish: “Żyguli”
- Portuguese: “Jiguli”
- Russian: “Горы Жигули”
- Russian: “Жигулëвские горы”
- Russian: “Жигулевские горы”
- Russian: “Жигулёвские горы”
- Russian: “Жигулёвский горы (возвышенность)”
- Russian: “Жигулёская возвышенность”
- Russian: “Жигули (горы)”
- Russian: “Жигули”
- Slovak: “Žiguľovskije gory”
- Spanish: “Montes Zhigulí”
- Spanish: “Zhiguli”
- Spanish: “Zhigulí”
- Swedish: “Zjiguli”
- Tamil: “சிகுலி மலைகள்”
- Tatar: “Җигүле таулары”
- Turkish: “Jiguli Dağları”
- Ukrainian: “Жигулі”
- Venetian: “Monti Žiguli”
- Welsh: “Mynyddoedd Zhiguli”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Piskaly and Morkvashi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Utës Sheludyak and Bokhilova Gora.
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