Road of Life

The Road of Life was the set of ice road transport routes across to during the Second World War. They were the only Soviet winter surface routes into the city while it was besieged by the German Army Group North under Feldmarschall Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb.
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Photo: Алексей Курнаев, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Historic site
  • Description: Ice road used during World War II
  • Also known as: “Дорога жизни 46-47 км”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ladozhskoye ozero station and Osinovetsky Light.

Railway station
Photo: Екатерина Борисова, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station, which is situated 140 metres northwest of Road of Life.

Photo: ave-fima, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an active lighthouse in , in , . It is located on a headland near the southwest corner of the lake near . is situated 1 km southeast of Road of Life.

Railway stop
Photo: Никич, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway stop, which is situated 2 km south of Road of Life.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morye and Vaganovo.

Hamlet
Photo: One half 3544, CC0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Road of Life.

Village
Photo: Kora27, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a rural locality, part of the Rakhyinskoye Urban Settlement of the in in . Its population was 1,275 . is situated 5 km southwest of Road of Life.

Village
Photo: Kora27, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a in the of the , . It is situated on the western shore of , and played a role in establishing supply lines during the Siege of Leningrad. is situated 6 km south of Road of Life.

Road of Life

Latitude
60.12586° or 60° 7′ 33″ north
Longitude
31.06614° or 31° 3′ 58″ east
Open location code
9GGH43G8+8F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8544198588
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­milestone
Wiki­data ID
Q677447
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Road of Life” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Կյանքի ճանապարհ”
  • Belarusian: “Дарога жыцця”
  • Bulgarian: “Път на живота”
  • Catalan: “Camí de la Vida”
  • Chinese: “生命之路”
  • Danish: “Livets Vej”
  • Dutch: “Doroga zjizni”
  • Esperanto: “Vojo de Vivo”
  • Estonian: “Elu tee”
  • Finnish: “Elämän tie”
  • French: “route de la vie”
  • French: “Route de la vie”
  • German: “Strasse des Lebens”
  • German: “Straße des Lebens”
  • Hebrew: “דרך החיים”
  • Italian: “strada della Vita”
  • Italian: “Strada della Vita”
  • Japanese: “命の道”
  • Korean: “생명의 길”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Livets vei”
  • Norwegian: “Livets vei”
  • Ossetian: “Царды фæндаг”
  • Persian: “جاده زندگی”
  • Polish: “Droga Życia”
  • Polish: “Linia Życia”
  • Portuguese: “Estrada da Vida (Leningrado)”
  • Portuguese: “Estrada da Vida”
  • Russian: “Дорога жизни”
  • Serbian: “Пут живота”
  • Slovenian: “Cesta življenja”
  • Spanish: “Camino de la Vida”
  • Swedish: “Livets väg”
  • Turkish: “Yaşam yolu”
  • Ukrainian: “Дорога життя”
  • Vietnamese: “Con đường sống”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Эш-4375 and Мемориальный комплекс «Дорога Жизни».

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