Mnevniki
District of Moscow
Moscow - Russia

GRU

GRU or Glavnoye Razvedyvatel'noye Upravleniye is the foreign military intelligence main directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (formerly the Soviet Army General Staff of the Soviet Union). "GRU" is the English transliteration of the Russian acronym ГРУ, which stands for "Главное Разведывательное Управление", meaning Main Intelligence Directorate.

Located at 55.7804, 37.5226 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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1918 establishments in Russia, Foreign relations of the Soviet Union, Military of the Soviet Union, Military intelligence agencies, Military of Russia, Signals intelligence agencies, Soviet intelligence agencies, Russian intelligence agencies, Intelligence services of World War II

Pionerskaya (Moscow Metro)

Pionerskaya is a Moscow Metro station in the Fili-Davydkovo District, Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Filyovskaya Line between Kuntsevskaya and Filyovsky Park stations. It was built in 1961, and was the terminus of the line until 1965. The station sits in a shallow cut, with the platform on the lower level and the street-level vestibule above. A road overpass (providing access to the vestibule) covers part of the platform; the rest is protected only by a narrow canopy.

Located at 55.736, 37.4671 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Moscow Metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1961, Filyovskaya Line

Filyovsky Park (Moscow Metro)

Filyovsky Park is a station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It opened in 1961 as part of the western extension of the Filyovsky radius. The station sits in a shallow cut, with the lower-level platform beneath (and perpendicular to) Minskaya street, which crosses it on an overpass. Two entrance vestibules (one opened in 2005 after a renovation) are on the upper level, providing access to the street.

Located at 55.7396, 37.4833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Moscow Metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1961, Filyovskaya Line

Bagrationovskaya

Bagrationovskaya is a Moscow Metro station, located on the surface portion of the Filyovskaya Line. Designed by Robert Pogrebnoy and Cheremin and opened in 1961 as part of the western extension of the Filyovsky radius, the station unlike the other three coming from the centre, features a more functional design innovation. The station is located at the Metro line's intersection with Barklaya Street, which crosses the platform on an overpass.

Located at 55.7438, 37.4977 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Moscow Metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1961, Filyovskaya Line

Fili (Moscow Metro)

Fili is a surface-level station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. The station was opened on November 7, 1959, as the last surface side platform station on the line. The dual platforms are protected by canopies and are intersected at either end by road overpasses that provide additional shelter for waiting passengers. Two glazed upper-level entrance vestibule at both end of the station allow passengers to change platforms.

Located at 55.7468, 37.514 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Moscow Metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1959, Filyovskaya Line

Poklonnaya Hill

Poklonnaya Gora (Russian: Покло́нная гора́, literally "bow-down hill"; metaphorically "Worshipful Submission Hill"') is, at 171.5 metres, one of the highest spots in Moscow. Its two summits used to be separated by the Setun River, until one of the summits was razed in 1987. Since 1936, the area has been part of Moscow and now contains the Victory Park with many tanks and other vehicles used in the Second World War on display.

Located at 55.7317, 37.5067 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Hills of Moscow, Parks and gardens in Moscow, Triumphal arches in Russia, Military monuments and memorials, Military and war museums in Russia, Soviet military memorials and cemeteries, Museums in Moscow

Kurchatov Institute

The Kurchatov Institute is Russia's leading research and development institution in the field of nuclear energy. In the Soviet Union it was known as I. V. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy (Russian: Институт Атомной Энергии им. И. В. Курчатова), abbreviated KIAE. It is named after Igor Kurchatov. Until 1955 known under a secret name "Laboratory No. 2 of the USSR Academy of Sciences", the Kurchatov Institute was founded in 1943 with the initial purpose of developing nuclear weapons.

Located at 55.8014, 37.4769 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Nuclear weapons program of the Soviet Union, Research institutes in Russia, Research institutes in the Soviet Union, Tokamaks, Particle physics facilities

Polezhayevskaya

Polezhayevskaya is a station on the Moscow Metro's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line. Opened on December 30, 1972 as part of the original Krasnopresnenkiy radius and Krasnopresnenskaya Line, the station is unusual in the Metro as its construction features three pathways and two platforms. While it was not the first station to be built with such a design, the purpose for such a design was different.

Located at 55.7776, 37.5192 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Moscow Metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1972, Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line, 1972 establishments in the Soviet Union

Slavyansky Bulvar

Slavyansky Bulvar is a Moscow Metro station in the Fili-Davydkovo District, Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line, between Kuntsevskaya and Park Pobedy stations. Built as part of the stretch that bypasses most of the surface stretch of the Filyovskaya Line, Slavyansky Bulvar serves the residents of the southwestern districts situated between the Fruzensky and Filyovsky radii. The station was opened on 7 September 2008.

Located at 55.7297, 37.4714 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Moscow Metro stations, Railway stations opened in 2008, Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line

Gorbushka

Gorbúshka (Russian: ТЦ "Горбушка", shopping center Gorbushka) is a marketplace for dealing in music, electronics and household equipment in Moscow, Russia. Before the year 2001 the name "Gorbushka" referred to an open-air black market for software, music, videos and electronics. The market was in the city square by the Gorbunov Palace of Culture (ДК имени Горбунова), hence the name.

Located at 55.7419, 37.5022 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Economy of Moscow, Copyright infringement, Buildings and structures in Moscow, Retail markets in Russia

Zhivopisny Bridge

Zhivopisny Bridge (Russian: Живописный Мост,lit. Picturesque bridge) is a cable-stayed bridge that spans Moskva River in north-western Moscow, Russia. It is the first cable-stayed bridge in Moscow. Opened on 27 December 2007 as a part of Krasnoprenensky avenue. It is also the highest cable-stayed bridge in Europe.

Located at 55.7772, 37.4467 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Bridges in Moscow, Cable-stayed bridges in Russia, Bridges completed in 2007, Road bridges in Russia

Fili (Moscow)

Fili is a former suburban village, now a neighborhood in the western section of Moscow, Russia, notable for the events of September 1812, following the Battle of Borodino. The village was located between the Moskva River and Poklonnaya Hill, near the present-day Fili station of Moscow Metro and the extant Church of the Intercession at Fili. The territory is administered by Filyovsky park District (another related territory, Fili-Davydkovo District, lies southwest of historical Fili).

Located at 55.75, 37.5 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Geography of Moscow

Moscow Octod Tower

Moscow Octod Tower is a 258 metre tall lattice tower in Moscow, Russia. The Moscow Octod Tower is a lattice tower used for FM- and TV-transmission in an unusual octagonal cross section. Construction work on Moscow Octod Tower started in 2004. It was completed in 2006. The owner of the tower is the broadcasting company "Octod". The company and tower are situated on the territory of the former "October radio center. " The address is "Demyana Bednogo str.

Located at 55.7814, 37.4894 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Communication towers, Skyscrapers in Moscow, Towers in Moscow

Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry

Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry (Russian: Московский Государственный Художественно-Промышленный Университет имени С. Г Стороганова) informally named Stroganovka (Строгановка) is one of the oldest Russian schools for the industrial, monumental and decorative art and design. The University is named after its founder, baron Sergei Grigoriyevich Stroganov.

Located at 55.8069, 37.4981 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Art schools in Russia, Education in Moscow, Architectural education, Educational institutions established in 1825

Krylatskoe Sport Palace

Krylatskoe Sport Palace is an indoor sporting arena located in Moscow, Russia. The seating capacity of the arena is for 5,000 people and it was opened in 2006. It is the home arena of the MBC Dynamo Moscow basketball team.

Located at 55.7573, 37.4434 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Indoor arenas in Russia, Basketball venues in Russia, Sports venues in Moscow, Dynamo Moscow

CSKA Moscow Stadium

CSKA Moscow Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Moscow, Russia, that is under construction as of 2007. Once completed in 2013, it will be used mostly for football matches and will host the homes matches of PFC CSKA Moscow. Unfortunately the construction process has been halted several times, with the longest pause lasting 16 months (between 2009 and 2011). The stadium was designed with a capacity of 30,000 people.

Located at 55.7914, 37.5161 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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PFC CSKA Moscow, Football venues in Russia, Sports venues in Moscow, Stadiums under construction

House on Mosfilmovskaya

The MosFilm Tower (Russian: Дом на Мосфильмовской) is a Russian skyscraper in the Mosfilmovskaya section of Moscow, Russia. This building, located on Mosfilmovskaya street, is a residential complex consisting of 2 towers: one of 213 meters (54 floors) and the other 131 meters and 34 floors. The building was completed in December 2011.

Located at 55.7275, 37.48 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Moscow International Business Center, Skyscrapers in Moscow, Towers in Moscow, Residential buildings completed in 2011

Western Administrative Okrug

Western Administrative District, or Zapadny Administrative Okrug (Russian: Западный административный округ, Zapadny administrativny okrug), is one of the twelve administrative okrugs of Moscow. The district was founded in 1991 and has an area of 153 square kilometers . Population: 1,285,914; 1,049,104.

Located at 55.7247, 37.4856 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Administrative okrugs of Moscow, Western Administrative Okrug

Edelweiss (skyscraper)

Edelweiss is a 43-story residential high-rise in Moscow, completed in 2003. It stands 157 m tall with a spire extending an additional 19 m . The building was designed to be a companion for the Seven Sisters and shares a similar design concept with Triumph-Palace. Edelweiss is the first project in the "The New Circle of Moscow" program, in which about sixty high rise multi-use residential complexes will be built on plots around the city which were approved by the Moscow Architecture Committee.

Located at 55.7274, 37.4799 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in 2003, Skyscrapers in Moscow, Skyscrapers between 150 and 199 meters

Kuntsevo Dacha

The Kuntsevo Dacha was Joseph Stalin's personal residence near the former town of Kuntsevo, where he spent the last two decades of his life and died on 5 March 1953. The building is set in a forest not far from the modern-day Victory Park. The so-called "nearer dacha" (Ближняя дача) was built in 1933-34 to Merzhanov's designs. One storey was added to the original wooden building in 1943. It was in Kuntsevo where Stalin lived during World War II.

Located at 55.7243, 37.4853 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Moscow, Residential buildings completed in 1934, Joseph Stalin, Dachas, Buildings and structures built in the Soviet Union

Gorbunov Palace of Culture

Gorbunov Palace of Culture (Ru. Дворец культуры имени Горбунова, Gorbushka) is a popular concert hall in the west of Moscow, best known for rock concerts and Live records by various bands. The building is constructed in the style of constructivism in 1929–1938. The palace is named after aviaconstructor Sergei P. Gorbunov.

Located at 55.75, 37.4969 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Moscow, Culture in Moscow

Shchukino District

Shchukino (Район Щукино) is a district (raion) in the North-Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia.

Located at 55.8022, 37.4675 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Districts of Moscow, North-Western Administrative Okrug

Marshal Konev Street

Marshal Konev Street (Улица Ма́ршала Ко́нева) is a street in the Shchukino District, North-Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia. The direction is from west to east: East of Raspletin Street (Улица Расплетина) and west on the 1st Volokolamskiy Avenue (1-й Волоколамский проезд).

Located at 55.7971, 37.489 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Streets in Moscow

Filyovsky park District

Filyovsky park District (Russian: райо́н Филёвский парк) is a district of Western Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia. Population: 80,593; 66,775.

Located at 55.7494, 37.5014 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Administrative divisions of Moscow

Fili-Davydkovo District

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

Located at 55.7278, 37.4672 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Administrative divisions of Moscow