Verkhovaya

Verkhovaya is a locality in Kaluga Oblast, Central Russia. Verkhovaya is situated nearby to the locality Kvan’, as well as near Shakhty.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Space History Museum and Tsiolkovsky memorial house (Kaluga).

Space History Museum

Museum

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The Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics is the first museum in the world dedicated to the history of space exploration. Space History Museum is situated 3½ km northeast of Verkhovaya.

Tsiolkovsky memorial house (Kaluga)

Museum

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Tsiolkovsky memorial house (Kaluga) is a museum, which is situated 3 km northeast of Verkhovaya.

Assembly of the Nobility (Kaluga)

Community center

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Assembly of the Nobility (Kaluga) is a community center, which is situated 3½ km east of Verkhovaya.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaluga and Kaluga II.

Kaluga

Photo: Kaluga.2012, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kaluga is the capital of Kaluga Oblast, with a population of some 340,000, known as the "Russian Cradle of Space Exploration".

Kaluga II

Suburb

Photo: Dmitry Rozhkov, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kaluga II is a suburb, which is situated 6 km northwest of Verkhovaya.

Vorotynsk

Town

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Vorotynsk is an urban-type settlement in Babyninsky District, Kaluga Oblast, Russia. Population: 10,667 ; 11,288 ; 11,099 . The settlement hosts the former military airfield named Oreshkovo. Vorotynsk is situated 10 km west of Verkhovaya.

Verkhovaya

Type: Locality
Location: Kaluga Oblast, Central Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude

54.49895° or 54° 29′ 56″ north

Longitude

36.19089° or 36° 11′ 27″ east

Elevation

198 metres (650 feet)

Open location code

9G6RF5XR+H9

GeoNames ID

6652698

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