Russia
Central Russia
Tver Oblast

Rzhev

Rzhev is an air base of the Russian Air Force in , located 5 km east of . It was a Tupolev Tu-128 depot airfield during the Cold War, operated by BKhAT.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Rzhev
  • Also known as: “Rzev” and “Rzhev Air Base”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Клешнево and Rzhev.

Hamlet
Photo: Fedor Dyadichev, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet.

Town
Photo: Георгий Долгопский, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in , , located 49 kilometers southwest of and 126 kilometers from , on the highway and railway connecting and .

Hamlet
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is a hamlet.

Rzhev

Latitude
56.25914° or 56° 15′ 33″ north
Longitude
34.40849° or 34° 24′ 31″ east
Elevation
195 metres (640 feet)
Operator
Russian Air Force
Open location code
9G8P7C55+M9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 80504767
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
11458715
Wiki­data ID
Q7385785
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In Other Languages

From Persian to Ukrainian—“Rzhev” goes by many names.
  • Persian: “رژف (پایگاه هوایی)”
  • Persian: “رژف”
  • Russian: “Ржев”
  • Ukrainian: “Ржев (аеродром)”
  • Ukrainian: “Ржев”

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Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rzhev”. Photo: F.W.Step, CC BY-SA 4.0.