Women who defended Leningrad

Women who defended Leningrad is a memorial in , , . Women who defended Leningrad is situated nearby to the police station , as well as near .
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: monument in Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • Also known as: “Monument to the women soldiers of the local air defense” and “Женщинам, защитившим Ленинград”
  • Inscription: “Посвящается женщинам-бойцам Краснознаменной МПВО в годы блокады Ленинграда 1941-1944”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint Petersburg Mosque and Kirov Museum.

Mosque
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The , when opened in 1913, was the largest in outside . The mosque is situated in downtown St Petersburg. Its two minarets are 49 meters high and the dome is 39 meters high. is situated 1 km southeast of Women who defended Leningrad.

Museum
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is situated 320 metres northeast of Women who defended Leningrad.

Museum
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The Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps, also known simply as the , is a state-owned in , Russia. is situated 740 metres south of Women who defended Leningrad.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Petrograd Side and Peter and Paul Fortress.

Photo: Мария.Б., CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a borough in consisting of the islands of the northern part of the Neva delta. Mostly residential, it is also home to several smaller universities, stadiums of FC Zenit and the tallest structure of the city, a 326-m-high TV tower.

Neighborhood
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The is the original citadel of , Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress.

Suburb
'The Side is the traditional name of the northern and northeastern part of , on the right-hand bank of the city's main waterway Neva and its first right-hand arm the Bolshaya Nevka.

Women who defended Leningrad

Latitude
59.95995° or 59° 57′ 36″ north
Longitude
30.31152° or 30° 18′ 42″ east
Open location code
9GFGX856+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2494255605
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q105413631
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In Other Languages

“Women who defended Leningrad” goes by many names.
  • Russian: “Женщинам-бойцам МПВО”

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