NW Russia
Leningrad Oblast
Saint Petersburg

Leningrad Hero City Obelisk

Leningrad Hero City Obelisk is a monument in the shape of an obelisk located in in , , which was known as Leningrad from 1924 to 1991.
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Photo: Ivan Smelov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Obelisk
  • Description: monument in Vosstaniya Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • Also known as: “To Leningrad the Hero City Obelisk”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vosstaniya Square and Moskovsky railway station.

Square
Photo: Ivan Smelov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, before 1918 Znamenskaya Square, is a major square in the Central Business District of , . The square lies at the crossing of Nevsky Prospekt, Ligovsky Prospekt, Vosstaniya Street and Goncharnaya Street, in front of the Moskovsky Rail Terminal, which is the northern terminus of the line connecting the city with .

Railway station
Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Petersburg–Moskovsky, is a railway station terminal in , . It is a terminus for the Saint Petersburg–Moscow Railway and other lines running from Central and and Crimea. is situated 400 metres south of Leningrad Hero City Obelisk.

Metro station
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ploshchad Vosstaniya is a station on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of Saint Petersburg Metro. It is one of the system's original stations, opening on November 15, 1955. is situated 190 metres southwest of Leningrad Hero City Obelisk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Center and Apraksin Dvor.

Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The of is the area of main interest to the traveler, home to most attractions of the metropolis. It's bound by the Neva river and the Obvodny Canal, on a set of islands formed by numerous rivers and channels.

Suburb
Photo: Ninara, CC BY 2.0.
Apraksin Yard is a market and retail block in , , covering 14 hectares. It is currently under a massive long-term renovation project.

Neighborhood
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. is situated 3½ km northwest of Leningrad Hero City Obelisk.

Leningrad Hero City Obelisk

Latitude
59.93095° or 59° 55′ 51″ north
Longitude
30.36187° or 30° 21′ 43″ east
Height
36 metres (118 feet)
Open location code
9GFGW9J6+9P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1214651508
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­obelisk
Wiki­data ID
Q4329128
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Leningrad Hero City Obelisk” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Հերոս քաղաք Լենինգրադին”
  • Belarusian: “Гораду-Герою Ленінграду”
  • Bulgarian: “Обелиск на града герой Ленинград”
  • Chinese: “列宁格勒的英雄城市方尖碑”
  • Chinese: “英雄城市紀念碑”
  • Chinese: “英雄城市纪念碑”
  • Dutch: “To Leningrad the Hero City Obelisk”
  • Finnish: “Sankarikaupungin obeliski”
  • French: “obélisque de la Ville héros de Leningrad”
  • French: “Obélisque de la Ville héros de Leningrad”
  • German: “Obelisk „Heldenstadt Leningrad“”
  • Hebrew: “ללנינגרד, העיר הגיבורה”
  • Italian: “Obelisco alla città-eroina di Leningrado”
  • Russian: “Городу-Герою Ленинграду”
  • Russian: “Обелиск ‘городу-герою ленинграду’”
  • Russian: “Обелиск “Городу-герою Ленинграду””
  • Russian: “Обелиск «Городу-герою Ленинграду»”
  • Russian: “Обелиск «Городу-Герою Ленинграду»”
  • Russian: “Обелиск Город-герой Ленинград”
  • Russian: “Обелиск Городу-герою Ленинграду”
  • Turkish: “Leningrad Kahraman Şehir Anıtı”
  • Ukrainian: “«Місту-Герою Ленінграду» (обеліск)”
  • Ukrainian: “«Місту-Герою Ленінграду»”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Городское туристско-информационное бюро and Санкт-Петербург 191036.

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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 “Leningrad Hero City Obelisk”. Photo: Ivan Smelov, CC BY-SA 3.0.