Memorial to the Victims of Political Repression
Memorial to the Victims of Political Repression in Saint Petersburg is a monument dedicated to millions of people who suffered from state terror in the USSR.Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: monument in Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Also known as: “Monument to Victims of Political Repressions” and “Жертвам политических репрессий”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Anna Akhmatova and Flowers (Exhibition Center in St. Petersburg).
Flowers (Exhibition Center in St. Petersburg)
Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Flowers (Exhibition Center in St. Petersburg) is situated 320 metres southeast of Memorial to the Victims of Political Repression.
St Petersburg–Finlyandsky
Railway station
Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Petersburg–Finlyandsky, also known as Finland Station, is a railway station in St. Petersburg, Russia, handling transport to westerly destinations including Helsinki and Vyborg. St Petersburg–Finlyandsky is situated 1 km north of Memorial to the Victims of Political Repression.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Center and Peter and Paul Fortress.
Center
Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Center of Saint Petersburg is the area of main interest to the traveler, home to most attractions of the metropolis. It's bounded by the Neva river and the Obvodny Canal, on a set of islands formed by numerous rivers and channels.
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. Peter and Paul Fortress is situated 2½ km west of Memorial to the Victims of Political Repression.
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. Vyborg Side is situated 2½ km north of Memorial to the Victims of Political Repression.
Memorial to the Victims of Political Repression
- Categories: monument and historic site
- Location: Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
59.94993° or 59° 56′ 60″ northLongitude
30.36363° or 30° 21′ 49″ eastOpen location code
9GFGW9X7+XFOpenStreetMap ID
node 7507371976OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q4343501
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Memorial to the Victims of Political Repression” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Քաղաքական բռնաճնշումների զոհերի հուշարձան (Սանկտ Պետերբուրգ)”
- Armenian: “Քաղաքական բռնաճնշումների զոհերի հուշարձան”
- Chinese: “政治压迫受害者纪念碑 (圣彼得堡)”
- Chinese: “政治压迫受害者纪念碑”
- Macedonian: “Споменик на жртвите на политичката репресија (Санкт Петербург)”
- Macedonian: “Споменик на жртвите на политичката репресија”
- Russian: “Памятник жертвам политических репрессий (Санкт-Петербург)”
- Russian: “Памятник жертвам политических репрессий”
- Russian: “Сфинксы на Набережной Робеспьера”
- Turkish: “Siyasi Baskı Kurbanları Anıtı (Saint Petersburg)”
- Turkish: “Siyasi Baskı Kurbanları Anıtı”
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