Muzhestva Square
Ploschad Muzhestva is an open public square, shaped as a roundabout, in the north-east of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Its name and decoration commemorate the fortitude city dwellers demonstrated during the nearly 900-day-long 1941–44 Nazi Germany Siege of Leningrad as the square opens the way to the biggest burial place of the siege victims Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Екатерина Борисова, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Square
- Description: Saint-Petersburg open public square
- Also known as: “Courage Square”, “Fortitude Square”, and “Ploschad Muzhestva”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ploschad‘ Muzhestva and Сквер академика Лихачёва.
Ploschad‘ Muzhestva
Metro station
Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ploshchad Muzhestva is a station of the Saint Petersburg Metro. Opened on 31 December 1975. The station got its name because of its location next to the eponymous Muzhestva Square. Ploschad‘ Muzhestva is situated 400 metres northeast of Muzhestva Square.
Сквер академика Лихачёва
Park
Photo: Fedor Gorshnev, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Сквер академика Лихачёва is a park, which is situated 450 metres northwest of Muzhestva Square.
Kushelevka
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kushelevka is a railway station, which is situated 1 km southwest of Muzhestva Square.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Saint Petersburg and Piskarevka.
North Saint Petersburg
Photo: Александров, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Northern Part of St. Petersburg is the area north of the Bolshaya Nevka river, which is its boundary with the Petrograd Side to the south. There are some moderately notable landmarks scattered across it, such as the Academy of Forestry with its park…
Piskarevka
Suburb
Photo: Andervel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Piskarevka is a suburb, which is situated 3 km east of Muzhestva Square.
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 3 km south of Muzhestva Square.
Muzhestva Square
- Category: locality
- Location: Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
59.99841° or 59° 59′ 54″ northLongitude
30.36362° or 30° 21′ 49″ eastOpen location code
9GFGX9X7+9COpenStreetMap ID
way 411275799OpenStreetMap feature
place=squareWikidata ID
Q4365678
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Russian—“Muzhestva Square” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Плошча Мужнасці”
- Russian: “площадь Мужества”
- Russian: “Площадь Мужества”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Сквер блокадников and МастерА Кебаб.
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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 “Muzhestva Square”. Photo: Екатерина Борисова, CC BY-SA 4.0.