Russia
NW Russia
Leningrad Oblast

Pulkovo

The Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory, officially named the Central Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences at Pulkovo, is the principal astronomical observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
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  • Type: Observatory
  • Description: observatory
  • Also known as: “Bol’shoye Pulkovo”, “Central Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences at Pulkovo”, “Federal State Institution of Science Main (Pulkovo) Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, “Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory”, “Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, “Pulkovo Observatory”, and “Pulkovov”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of Our Lady of Smolensk in Pulkovo and Shosseynaya railway station.

Church
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is situated 1½ km southeast of Pulkovo.

Railway station
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is a railway station in October Railway in Saint Petersburg. It is located in the of Saint Petersburg at the intersection of Pulkovo Highway and Ring Road. is situated 4 km north of Pulkovo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pulkovo Heights and Pulkovskoye.

Locality
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is a chain of hills located to the south of . They run to the south-west in the direction of the Izhora Plateau and have an altitude of up to 73 meters.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Pulkovo.

Village
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is a municipal settlement in of the federal city of , . Population: 2,491 ; 1,184 ; 2,960 . is situated 4½ km south of Pulkovo.

Pulkovo

Latitude
59.77231° or 59° 46′ 20″ north
Longitude
30.3259° or 30° 19′ 33″ east
Elevation
81 metres (266 feet)
Operator
Российская академия наук
Open location code
9GFGQ8CG+W9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27392007
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­observatory
Geo­Names ID
504176
Wiki­data ID
Q845924
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“Pulkovo” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Պուլկովոյի աստղադիտարան”
  • Belarusian: “Пулкаўская абсерваторыя”
  • Belarusian: “Пулкаўская абсэрваторыя”
  • Catalan: “Observatori astronòmic de Púlkovo”
  • Catalan: “Observatori Central de Pulkovo”
  • Catalan: “Observatori Central de Púlkovo”
  • Catalan: “Observatori de Púlkovo”
  • Chinese: “普尔科沃天文台”
  • Chinese: “普爾科沃天文台”
  • Czech: “Pulkovská hvězdárna”
  • Danish: “Pulkovo-observatoriet”
  • Dutch: “Pulkovo Observatorium”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد بولكوفو”
  • Esperanto: “Astronomia observatorio Pulkovo”
  • Esperanto: “Observatorio Pulkovo”
  • Estonian: “Pulkovo observatoorium”
  • Finnish: “Pulkkala”
  • Finnish: “Pulkovan observatorio”
  • Finnish: “Pulkovan tähtitorni”
  • Finnish: “Pulkovon observatorio”
  • French: “observatoire de Poulkovo”
  • French: “Observatoire de Poulkovo”
  • French: “Observatoire de pulkovo”
  • Georgian: “პულკოვოს ობსერვატორია”
  • German: “Astronomisches Observatorium Pulkovo”
  • German: “Pulkowa-Sternwarte”
  • German: “Pulkowo-Observatorium”
  • German: “Pulkowo-Sternwarte”
  • German: “Sternwarte Pulkowa”
  • Greek: “Αστεροσκοπείο του Πούλκοβο”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה הכוכבים פולקובו”
  • Hungarian: “Pulkovói Obszervatórium”
  • Irish: “Réadlann Pulkovo”
  • Italian: “osservatorio di Pulkovo”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio di Pulkovo”
  • Italian: “Pulkovo Observatory”
  • Japanese: “プルコヴォ天文台”
  • Japanese: “プルコボ天文台”
  • Japanese: “プルコワ天文台”
  • Korean: “풀코보 천문대”
  • Latin: “Observatorium Pulkovense”
  • Latvian: “Pulkovas observatorija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Pulkowo-Observatoire”
  • Maltese: “Osservatorju ta‘ Pulkovo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pulkovo-observatoriet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pulkovoobservatoriet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pulkovo-observatoriet”
  • Norwegian: “Pulkovo-observatoriet”
  • Norwegian: “Pulkovo”
  • Ossetian: “Пулковойы обсерватори”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه پولکوو”
  • Polish: “Obserwatorium w Pułkowie”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório de Pulkovo”
  • Romanian: “Observatorul Astronomic din Pulkovo”
  • Russian: “ГАО РАН”
  • Russian: “Главная (Пулковская) астрономическая обсерватория Российской академии наук”
  • Russian: “Главная астрономическая обсерватория РАН”
  • Russian: “Главная астрономическая обсерватория”
  • Russian: “Пулково”
  • Russian: “Пулковская астрономическая обсерватория”
  • Russian: “Пулковская обсерватория”
  • Serbian: “Pulkovska opservatorija”
  • Serbian: “Опсерваторија Пулково”
  • Serbian: “Пулковска опсерваторија”
  • Serbian: “Пу́лковская Астрономи́ческая обсервато́рия”
  • Slovenian: “Observatorij Pulkovo”
  • Slovenian: “Pulkovski astronomski observatorij”
  • Slovenian: “Pulkovski observatorij”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio de Pulkovo”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio de Púlkovo”
  • Swedish: “Pulkova-observatoriet”
  • Swedish: “Pulkovo-observatoriet”
  • Tajik: “Расадхонаи Пулково”
  • Tamil: “புல்கோவோ விண்காணகம்”
  • Tatar: “Пулково күзәтүханәсе”
  • Tatar: “Пулково обсерваториясе”
  • Turkish: “Pulkovo Gözlemevi”
  • Ukrainian: “Пулковська астрономічна обсерваторія”
  • Ukrainian: “Пулковська обсерваторія”
  • Uzbek: “Pulkovo rasadxonasi”
  • Uzbek: “Pulkovo Rasadxonasi”
  • Welsh: “Arsyllfa Pulkovo”
  • Western Panjabi: “پلکوو رصدگاہ”

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