Pulkovo Heights (Russian: Пу́лковские высо́ты ) is a chain of hills located to the south of Saint Petersburg . They run to the south-west in the direction of the Izhora Plateau and have an altitude of up to 73 meters.
5-598: Pulkovo may refer to: Pulkovo Heights marking the southern limit of Saint Petersburg, Russia Pulkovo Airport serving Saint Petersburg, Russia Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise , a former (until 2006) state airline based in Saint Petersburg, Russia Pulkovo Observatory , The Central Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences at Pulkovo, 19 km south of Saint Petersburg Topics referred to by
10-466: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Pulkovo Heights In Neolithic times (about 7500–5000 years ago) Pulkovo heights were Littorina Sea coast. Its bottom is a modern Neva Lowland with stretching on her St. Petersburg. The ancient sea gradually retreated and took the place of the current Baltic Sea . Apparently, the place abounded with impassable forests and swamps. Thick forest covered
15-760: The 3rd Cavalry Corps , were forced to retreat back to Gatchina Palace after being stopped at Pulkovo Heights by Red forces. The hills were used as a natural defense line during the Russian Civil War and the siege of Leningrad , when the Germans occupied the hills from September 1941 to January 1944. It is the location of the Pulkovo Observatory and the industrial suburb of Shushary . 59°46′19″N 30°19′34″E / 59.771811°N 30.326047°E / 59.771811; 30.326047 This Saint Petersburg location article
20-709: The Pulkovo heights, but it was gradually cut down. In the 18th century, located at the foot of Pulkovo village of Gallerovo, Tolmachevo, Pesky, Lower and Upper Koyerovo, Kamen, Kiskino, Glinyanaya Gora, a neighborhood on the site of Pulkovo – Pulkovo village, founded in 1714 at the Pulkovo Manor. A road ran from Pulkovo Koporye in Ladoga. On 12 November 1917, during the October Revolution , Alexander Kerensky and Pyotr Krasnov , commanding 700 Cossacks of
25-410: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Pulkovo . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pulkovo&oldid=691699636 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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