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  Belarus News and Analysis | Vacation in an outpost of tyranny
Ploshchad Nezavisimosti (Independence Square) is dominated on three sides by Belarusian government buildings and the state university.
The Soviet monumentalism is broken by the red brick Catholic church of Saints Simon and Elene.
Past the circus and across the Sfisloch river is Ploshchad Pobedy (Victory Square).
www.data.minsk.by /belarusnews/022006/37.html   (1346 words)

  
 Location of Pulkovskaya Hotel in St. Petersburg
The Pulkovskaya Hotel is located at the Southern edge of St. Petersburg, only five kilometers from Pulkovo-1 and Pulkovo-2 airports, both of which are easily reachable by car in 15 minutes.
The hotel stands on Ploshchad Pobedy (Victory Square), at the end of Moskovskiy Prospekt, which runs directly to Sennaya Ploshchad in the historic center.
The surrounding area was developed extensively straight after the Second World War, and is characterized by its grandiose Stalinist architecture and gigantic monuments, not least the enormous war memorial (with underground museum) directly opposite the hotel.
www.saint-petersburg.com /hotels/pulkovskaya-hotel/location.aspx   (396 words)

  
 Tour to Saint Petersburg. Trip to Russia. Legendary tour.
Teatralnaya ploshchad has been an entertainment center since fairs were held here in the mid-18th century.
The church designed by Y Feltema (who was also responsible for the Church of St Catherine on Vasilevsky Island), was built in honor о the Battle of Cesme (1770) when the Russian fleet sailed from the Baltic to the Aegean to beat the Turks.
Wide Moskovskaya ploshchad, a little way south of ulitsa Gastello, was intended under a 1930s plan to become the center о St Petersburg, replacing the old tsarist center.
www.legendtour.ru /eng/russia/st-petersburg/south.shtml   (1057 words)

  
 St. Petersburg Travel Guide - Sightseeing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The church is crowned with five onion-shaped cupolas, which rise into the sky above Vladimir Ploshchad in one of the most historic areas of the Northern Capital.
The Moscow Triumphal Gates (1834-38) were erected in the memory of the Russian victory in the Russo-Turkish war of 1828.
Blue Bridge is the widest bridge in the Venice of the North covering a width of an impressive 97.3 meters (321.1 feet) and is an important part of the St. Isaac's Ploshchad architectural ensemble.
petersburg.russiantravelguides.com /sightseeing.html   (4630 words)

  
 Pravda.RU Putin And Klestil Lay Flowers At Leningrad Defenders Monument In St. Petersburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
After a wreath-laying ceremony at the Motherland Defenders monument in Ploshchad Pobedy, the presidents of Russia and Austria headed to St. Petersburg's Winter Stadium to watch the European Judo Cup.
Upon their arrival in St. Petersburg, Vladimir Putin and Thomas Klestil laid flowers at the Leningrad Defenders monument in Ploshchad Pobedy and observed one minute's silence honouring the memory of Leningrad natives who perished during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
The Russian foreign ministry's envoy for Cyprus settlement, Vladimir Prygin, deems it necessary that talks on the Cypriot problem under the UN aegis be resumed.
newsfromrussia.com /diplomatic/2001/06/24/8583.html   (1547 words)

  
 Skorina Avenue in Minsk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Helen, the House of Officers, the Belarusian State University of Physical Education, the buildings of Hospital No.1, the main building of the Belarusian National Technical Academy, the National Hydrometeorological Observatory, the main building of the National Academy of Sciences, and a small number of residential houses.
The 1st (central) part of the avenue - between Independence Square (Ploshchad Nezavisimosti) and Victory Square (Ploshchad Pobedy) - represents an architectural ensemble where many buildings are clear examples of the Soviet civil architecture.
Kalinin Square (Ploshchad Kalinina) with a statue of Mikhail Kalinin (1978, sculptors V. Poliychuk.
archives.gov.by /ekultz/eProspekt.htm   (2443 words)

  
 Sasha's St. Petersburg Travel Guide - Sightseeing
On May 23, 1909 the controversial monument to Alexander III was opened in the center of present day Ploshchad Vosstaniya.
Lions Bridge is about a 10-minute walk along Griboyedov Canal from Sennaya Ploshchad metro station, or about a 5-minute walk from the Conservatory and the Mariinsky Theater.
Lomonosov Bridge was originally part of an ambitious seven-bridge building project on the Fontanka River in the late 18th century and is one of only two of the project's bridges (the other is Stary Kalinkin Bridge) to survive till this day.
petersburg.sashaguides.com /sightseeing.html   (4630 words)

  
 Guide to Russia || Ryazan' Region || Kasimov
Already during the reign of the first ruler of Kasimov, Khan Kasim, the white-stone Old Mosque (1476, ploshchad' Pobedy, 9) was built.
Next to the Old Mosque stands Tekie of Shakh-Ali (1555, ploshchad' Pobedy) — the mausoleum of Khan Shakh-Ali, where the khan himself and some of his relatives are buried.
Among them — masterpieces of local architect Ivan Sergeevich Gagin (1767-1844), who in the beginning of 19th century was responsible for rearrangement of the town: trading arcades, building of the municipal administration, building of the female high-school, and Alyanchikov Family House, which currently hosts the Regional museum.
www.mccme.ru /putevod/62/Kasimov/kasimov_en.html   (1912 words)

  
 The Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
His competition-winning design for Ploshchad Pobedy was highlighted by a broken ring surrounding a high-level composition dedicated to the Leningrad citizen's successful efforts to repel the terrible 900-day Nazi siege during World War II.
A monument was designed to rise up from the center of the ring, flanked on the western and eastern sides by the horizontal ray buildings in the fold of the massive and Stalinesque Moscow Prospekt and the tall towers at the intersection of the square and the prospect.
Their plan called for a parade-like entry or gateway into the Hero City from the south, from the Soviet capital Moscow and Pulkovo Airport, at the approximate point where the city's defensive lines held back the Nazis in World War II.
www.saint-petersburg.com /monuments/heroic-defenders.asp   (584 words)

  
 AnastasiaWeb Tours - Tour cities - St.Petersburg
Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad - At the point where our grandfathers halted the WWII Nazi advance on the city, there now stands an impressive memorial to the bravery of the citizens of Leningrad, combining an eternal flame, an obelisk, numerous heroic Soviet sculptures and an underground museum.
This powerful and impressive monument was built as the focal point of Ploshchad Pobedy (Victory Square) in the early 1970s to commemorate the heroic efforts of the residents of Leningrad and the soldiers on the Leningrad Front to the repel the Nazis in the 900-day Siege of Leningrad during World War II.
The Alexander Column - Located in the middle of Palace Square, opposite the world-famous Hermitage Museum, this column is an impressive 47.5 meters (156 feet and 9 inches) tall and its body is made of a single piece of red granite.
www.anastasiawebtours.com /tour_cities/Guides/Petersburg/sights.htm   (1942 words)

  
 St Petersburg restaurants & bars - Time Out Travel
Yakitoriya (ploshchad Ostrovskogo 5-7, 315 8343) is the most popular of the city’s sushi bars.
A visit to Russian Kitsch (Universitetskaya naberezhnaya 25, 325 1122) plunges you – with more than a hint of irony – into the material world of the new Russians: grandiose decor is accompanied by references to events in Russia’s recent past and fake socialist realist canvases.
For an unusual, cheap and hearty meal, Miasorubka (the name means ‘meat grinder’, Malaya Morskaya ulitsa 11, 117 1343) serves meat-based fast food: choose your ingredients and they will be cooked for you in five minutes.
www.timeout.com /travel/stpetersburg/restaurants.html   (291 words)

  
 Monomax Ltd. Accommodation in St.Petersburg.
The address is: 1 Ploschad` Pobedy, 196240, St. Petersburg, Russia
This international luxury-class (4-star) hotel is located on Ploshchad Pobedy, 5 km from the airport and 8 km from the centre of St Petersburg, a 20 min ride by metro.
When staying at the Pulkovskaya Hotel you are only a 25 min drive away from the Hermitage and St. Isaac's Cathedral in downtown St. Petersburg and the same distance away from suburban parks and the palaces of Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo) and of Pavlovsk.
www.monomax.org /tours/hotel.php?h=1   (83 words)

  
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Mikhailova, Tel: 327-1070, fax 542-7364, M. Ploshchad Lenina, postmaster@hostelling.spb.ru.
Eight km south of the city center, 15 minutes to the airport by bus No. 13, two restaurants, bar, transport to center not the most convenient.
Located on the Vyborg side opposite the Avrora cruiser, some traffic noise but nice views of the Neva from the front rooms.
www.themoscowtimes.com /travel/accomodation/accom_stpete.html   (947 words)

  
 IDSF WORLD LATIN CHAMPIONSHIP
Traveling allowance of Swiss Franc 100,-- per couple will be paid in US dollars by the Organizer.
Hotel accommodation in Hotel Pulkovskaya"", St. Petersburg, 1, Ploshchad Pobedy with breakfast for each couple will be paid by the Organizer for two nights.
Competitors may stay for additional nights at their own.
www.worldlatin2003.spb.ru /rus/info.html   (374 words)

  
 Pulkovskaya Hotel
The international luxury-class Pulkovskaya Hotel is sitiated on Ploshchad Pobedy, that is 5 km from the airport and 8 km from the centre of St. Petersburg, which is easily accessibly by public transport.
There is an American Based Marriage Agency - "A Foreign Affair" - in hotel.
The hotel's address is: 196240, St. Petersburg, Ploschad Pobedy, 1.
www.saintpetersburgwomen.com /hotels/russia/stpeter/pulkovskaya   (270 words)

  
 St. Petersburg  - Directory  - Skiing  Russia  - Tuutari Park - In Your Pocket   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
GETTING THERE: BY TRAIN AND BUS: Take the elektrichka from Baltisky Station to Krasnoe Selo Station, and then from marshrutka 636 to the mountain.
BY CAR: From Ploshchad Pobedy take Kievskoe Shosse south about 30km.
Just before the Belior petrol station turn right and follow the signs.
www.inyourpocket.com /russia/st_petersburg/en/venue?id=RUSTENX1301   (100 words)

  
 Exhibits
Located at 39 Starokonyushenny Pereulok, M. Smolenskaya, Arbatskaya.
Located at entrance 2 of the Polytechnical Museum, 3/4 Novaya Ploshchad.
(60-letiyu Velikoi Pobedy Posvyashchayetsya): paintings, graphics and sculptures from the Tretyakov Gallery collection,
context.themoscowtimes.com /plain/27052005/exhibits.html   (507 words)

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