Lemeshovo
District of Zharkovo
Moscow Oblast - Russia

Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia)

The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (Russian: Служба Внешней Разведки Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki or SVR) is Russia's primary external intelligence agency. The SVR is the successor of the First Chief Directorate (PGU) of the KGB since December 1991. The headquarters of SVR are in the Yasenevo District of Moscow {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:55.584|N|37.517|E||||| |primary |name= }}.

Located at 55.584, 37.517 (Lat. / Lng.), about 11 miles away.
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Russian intelligence agencies, Foreign Intelligence Service (Russia), Government agencies established in 1991

Transvaal Park

Transvaal Park was a popular waterpark in Yasenevo, a south district of Moscow, Russia. With several large, heated pools, including a wave pool and twisting "river" for tubing, it became one of the most popular attractions in the Moscow area and a symbol of the country's bloom of private enterprise. It was based on an African theme, and its name came from the South African province of Transvaal. It also included a sauna.

Located at 55.5981, 37.5294 (Lat. / Lng.), about 12 miles away.
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Collapsed buildings, Disasters in Russia, Water parks in Russia, 2004 disasters, 2004 in Russia

Wullenweber

The Wullenweber (the original name introduced by Dr. Hans Rindfleisch was Wullenwever) is a type of Circularly Disposed Antenna Array (CDAA) sometimes referred to as a Circularly Disposed Dipole Array (CDDA). It is a large circular antenna array used for radio direction finding. It was used by the military to triangulate radio signals for radio navigation, intelligence gathering and search and rescue.

Located at 55.4641, 37.3698 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Radio frequency antenna types

Novoyasenevskaya (Moscow Metro)

Novoyasenevskaya, formerly Bittsevsky Park is a Moscow Metro station in the Yasenevo District, South-Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line, serving as its southwestern terminus.

Located at 55.6011, 37.5542 (Lat. / Lng.), about 12 miles away.
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Moscow Metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1990, Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line

Ostafyevo International Airport

Ostafyevo International Airport (Russian: Междунаро́дный аэропо́рт «Оста́фьево») is a "B" class international airport, located 8.7 kilometres in the north of Podolsk, That airport is owned by Gazpromavia company, a division of Gazprom. It opened in 2000 on a base of a military airbase, features a new modern glass terminal, and caters primarily to business aviation.

Located at 55.5117, 37.5072 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Airports in Moscow, Gazprom, Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug

Battle of Molodi

The Battle of Molodi was one of the key battles of Ivan the Terrible's reign. It was fought near the village of Molodi, 40 mi south of Moscow, in July-August 1572 between the 120,000-strong horde of Devlet I Giray of Crimea and about 60,000 Russians led by Prince Mikhail Vorotynsky. The Crimean horde was defeated so thoroughly that both the Ottoman Sultan and the Crimean khan, his vassal, had to give up their ambitious plans of northward expansion into Russia forever.

Located at 55.5, 37.5333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Battles involving Russia, Battles involving the Ottoman Empire, Russo-Ottoman Wars, Ivan the Terrible, 1572 in Russia, Conflicts in 1572, 16th century in Russia, 16th century in the Ottoman Empire, Battles involving the Crimean Khanate

Vityaz Ice Palace

Vityaz Ice Palace is an indoor sporting arena located in Podolsk, Russia. The capacity of the arena is 5,500 and was built in 2000. The home games of Russkie Vityazi, the junior team of Vityaz Chekhov, are played in the arena. Until 2006 it was the home arena of the HC MVD ice hockey team.

Located at 55.4203, 37.5158 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Indoor ice hockey venues in Russia, Indoor arenas in Russia, HC MVD

Yuzhnoye Butovo District

Yuzhnoye Butovo District is the biggest residential district in South-Western Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia. The district's history dates back to 1612, and it is named after a Don Cossack Butov.

Located at 55.5461, 37.5442 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Administrative divisions of Moscow

Vatutinki

Vatutinki is a rural locality in Leninsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Desna River, 16 kilometers southwest of Moscow. Population: 11,081; 9,581. The village is the location of a GRU base with Space Intelligence Directorate. It manages the Russian space reconnaissance program in coordination with the Fleet Intelligence Direction of the Fifth Directorate.

Located at 55.5014, 37.3342 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug

Lefortovo Prison

Lefortovo prison is a prison in Moscow, Russia, which, since 2005, has been under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. It was built in 1881. It was named after the Lefortovo District of Moscow where it is located, which in turn took its name from Franz Lefort, a close associate of Tsar Peter I the Great. During the Great Purge Lefortovo prison was used by NKVD for interrogations with torture.

Located at 55.5625, 37.4648 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Moscow, Buildings and structures built in the Soviet Union, KGB, NKVD, Prisons in Russia, Prisons in the Soviet Union

Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo

Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo (Russian: Бульвар Дмитрия Донского) is a Moscow Metro station in the Severnoye Butovo District, South-Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia. It is the southern terminus of the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line. Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo is the newest station of the line (opened on 26 December 2002). It is also the first station of the system built outside MKAD beltway encircling most of the city.

Located at 55.5697, 37.5761 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Moscow Metro stations, Railway stations opened in 2002, Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line

Ulitsa Starokachalovskaya

Ulitsa Starokachalovskaya is a station on the Butovskaya Light Metro Line of the Moscow Metro subway system in Moscow, Russia. The station, opened with four other light metro stations on 27 December 2003, is named for the street under which the station lies. Its design is unique, as it contains two separate platforms on either side of another metro station, Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line.

Located at 55.5697, 37.5761 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Moscow Metro stations, Railway stations opened in 2003, Butovskaya Line

Ulitsa Skobelevskaya

Ulitsa Skobelevskaya is a station on the Butovskaya Light Metro Line of the Moscow Metro system in Moscow, Russia. Opened on 27 December 2003 along with four other light metro stations, it is named after the street that it serves, dedicated to Russian-Turkish war hero M. D. Skobelev. Two of the station's lobbies are located on Admiral Ushakov parkway and on Skovelev street. In the centre of the platform there are enclosed escalators and a lift for disabled access to the station.

Located at 55.5481, 37.5544 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Moscow Metro stations, Railway stations opened in 2003, Butovskaya Line

Sukhanovo Prison

Sukhanovka, short for Sukhanovskaya osoborezhimnaya tyur'ma (Russian: Сухановская особорежимная тюрьма) 'Sukhanovo special-regime prison,' was a prison established by the NKVD in 1938 for "particularly dangerous enemies of the people" on the grounds of the old Ekaterinskaia Pustyn' Monastery near Vidnoye, just south of Moscow. Known officially as Special Object 110 (Russian: Спецобъект № 110), it was said to be worse than the Lubyanka, Lefortovo, or Butyrka prisons in Moscow itself.

Located at 55.5366, 37.6661 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Political repression in the Soviet Union, Prisons in Russia, Gulag, Prisons in the Soviet Union

Buninskaya Alleya

Buninskaya alleya is the southern terminus of the Butovskaya Light Metro Line of the Moscow Metro, and the southernmost station of the entire system. It was opened on 27 December 2003. Like most other stations of the line, it is located above the ground. It is planned to extend the line further south behind the Buninskaya alleya station in 2014. The extension will include three new stations.

Located at 55.5381, 37.5158 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Moscow Metro stations, Railway stations opened in 2003, Butovskaya Line

Butovo firing range

The Butovo firing range is the name of a location where more than 20,000 political prisoners were shot during the Great Terror of the Soviet Union and thereafter from 1938 to 1953. It is located in the Yuzhnoye Butovo District of Moscow, near the village of Drozhzhino. Among those killed in Butovo were Béla Kun, Gustav Klutsis, Seraphim Chichagov, and a number of Orthodox priests later canonized as the New Martyrs.

Located at 55.5333, 37.5942 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Democides, History of the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia, NKVD, Political repression in the Soviet Union, Mass graves, Cemeteries in Russia

Znamenskoye-Sadki

Znamenskoye-Sadki is one of the oldest country estates of Moscow. It lies in the southern section of Bitsa Park in the South-South-West of Moscow, outside today's MKAD. Since the middle of 18th century and almost until the October Revolution (1917) this estate belonged to the Trubetskoy family. In the second half of the 18th century the main house, the church and the other buildings were built. At that time the system of ponds was constructed there.

Located at 55.5809, 37.5561 (Lat. / Lng.), about 11 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Moscow

Chertanovo Yuzhnoye District

Chertanovo Yuzhnoye District (Russian: райо́н Черта́ново Ю́жное) is an administrative district of Southern Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia.

Located at 55.5931, 37.6069 (Lat. / Lng.), about 12 miles away.
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Administrative divisions of Moscow

Severnoye Butovo District

Severnoye Butovo District is an administrative district of South-Western Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia.

Located at 55.5667, 37.5833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
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Administrative divisions of Moscow

Yasenevo District

Yasenevo District is an administrative district of South-Western Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia.

Located at 55.5865, 37.5177 (Lat. / Lng.), about 11 miles away.
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Administrative divisions of Moscow

Karagedik, Gölbaşı

Karagedik is a village in the District of Gölbaşı, Ankara Province, Turkey.

Located at 55.5014, 37.3342 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Populated places in Ankara Province, Gölbaşı (Ankara) District

Bulvar Admirala Ushakova

Bulvar Admirala Ushakova (Russian: Бульвар Адмирала Ушакова) is a station on the Butovskaya Light Metro Line of the Moscow Metro system in Moscow, Russia. It was opened on 27 December 2003 along with four other light metro stations. The station is located in Yuzhnoye Butovo District, between two other stations of the same line, Ulitsa Skobelevskaya and Ulitsa Gorchakova.

Located at 55.5456, 37.5431 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Moscow Metro stations, Railway stations opened in 2003, Butovskaya Line

Ulitsa Gorchakova

Ulitsa Gorchakova is a station on the Butovskaya Light Metro Line of the Moscow Metro system in Moscow, Russia. It was opened on 27 December 2003 along with four other light metro stations. The station is located in Yuzhnoye Butovo District, between two other stations of the same line, Bulvar Admirala Ushakova and Buninskaya Alleya.

Located at 55.5417, 37.5306 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Moscow Metro stations, Railway stations opened in 2003, Butovskaya Line

Annino (Moscow Metro)

Annino is a Moscow Metro station in the Chertanovo Yuzhnoye District, Southern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line, between Ulitsa Akademika Yangelya and Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo stations. Annino was opened on 12 December 2001.

Located at 55.5836, 37.5969 (Lat. / Lng.), about 11 miles away.
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Moscow Metro stations, Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line

Ulitsa Akademika Yangelya

Ulitsa Akademika Yangelya (Russian: Улица Академика Янгеля) is a Moscow Metro station in the Chertanovo Yuzhnoye District, Southern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line, between Prazhskaya and Annino (Moscow Metro) stations. The station is located at the crossing of Varshavskoye Shosse with Akademika Yangelya Street (west) and Rossoshanskaya Street (east).

Located at 55.5836, 37.5969 (Lat. / Lng.), about 11 miles away.
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Moscow Metro stations, Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line