Women who defended Leningrad
Women who defended Leningrad is a memorial in Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast. Women who defended Leningrad is situated nearby to the police station Участковый пункт полиции № 11, as well as near Участковый пункт полиции № 12.Photo: alzium, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- 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.
Saint Petersburg Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Saint Petersburg Mosque, when opened in 1913, was the largest mosque in Europe outside Turkey. The mosque is situated in downtown St Petersburg. Its two minarets are 49 meters high and the dome is 39 meters high. Saint Petersburg Mosque is situated 1 km southeast of Women who defended Leningrad.
Kirov Museum
Museum
Photo: Txllxt TxllxT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kirov Museum is situated 320 metres northeast of Women who defended Leningrad.
Artillery Museum
Museum
Photo: George Shuklin, CC BY-SA 1.0.
The Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps, also known simply as the Artillery Museum, is a state-owned military museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Artillery Museum is situated 740 metres south of Women who defended Leningrad.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Petrograd Side and Peter and Paul Fortress.
Petrograd Side
Photo: Мария.Б., CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Petrograd Side is a borough in Saint Petersburg 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.
Peter and Paul Fortress
Neighborhood
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Peter and Paul Fortress is the original citadel of Saint Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress.
Vyborg Side
Suburb
'The Vyborg Side is the traditional name of the northern and northeastern part of Saint Petersburg, Russia 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
- Categories: monument and historic site
- Location: Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
59.95995° or 59° 57′ 36″ northLongitude
30.31152° or 30° 18′ 42″ eastOpen location code
9GFGX856+XJOpenStreetMap ID
node 2494255605OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q105413631
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In Other Languages
“Women who defended Leningrad” goes by many names.
- Russian: “Женщинам-бойцам МПВО”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Участковый пункт полиции № 12 and Участковый пункт полиции № 11.
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