Gnezdovo
Gnezdovo or Gnyozdovo is an archeological site located near the village of Gnyozdovo in Smolensky District, Smolensk Oblast, Russia. The site contains extensive remains of a Slavic-Varangian settlement that flourished in the 10th century as a major trade station on the trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Landing
- Description: archeological site in Russia
- Also known as: “Gnyozdovo”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gnyozdovo and Memorial Katyn.
Gnyozdovo
Railway station
Photo: Frotto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gnyozdovo is a railway station, which is situated 1½ km north of Gnezdovo.
Memorial Katyn
Memorial
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Katyn war cemetery is a Polish military cemetery located in Katyn, a small village 22 kilometres away from Smolensk, Russia, on the road to Vitebsk. It contains the remnants of 4,412 Polish officers of the Kozelsk prisoner of war camp, who were murdered in 1940 in what is called the Katyn massacre. Memorial Katyn is situated 3 km west of Gnezdovo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gnyozdovo and Krasny Bor, Smolensk Oblast.
Gnyozdovo
Village
Gnyozdovo is a village in Smolensky District, Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Dnieper River twelve kilometers downstream from Smolensk, in the proximity of Katyn. Gnyozdovo is situated 3 km northeast of Gnezdovo.
Krasny Bor, Smolensk Oblast
Suburb
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Krasny Bor, Smolensk Oblast is a suburb, which is situated 6 km northeast of Gnezdovo.
Gnezdovo
- Categories: archaeological site, gord, and transportation
- Location: Smolensk Oblast, Central Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Gnezdovo” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “格紐茲多沃”
- Dutch: “Gnezdovo”
- Dutch: “Gnjozdovo”
- Finnish: “Gnjozdovo”
- French: “Gnezdovo”
- German: “Gnezdovo”
- German: “Gnezdowo”
- German: “Gnjosdowo”
- Italian: “Gnezdovo”
- Italian: “Gnëzdovo”
- Italian: “Gnyozdovo”
- Japanese: “グニェズドヴォ遺跡”
- Lithuanian: “Gniozdovo kurganai”
- Portuguese: “Gnezdovo”
- Russian: “Гнёздово”
- Russian: “Гнездовские курганы”
- Russian: “Городище в Гнёздово”
- Spanish: “Gniózdovo”
- Swedish: “Gnezdovo gorodisjtje”
- Ukrainian: “Гньоздовські кургани”
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