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Victory Square, Saint Petersburg

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20: 212: 74:. The thoroughfare with the solemn ensemble of the square is the southern entrance to the city for the automotive traffic from internal Russia with its older and current capital Moscow, after which the avenue, the city district and the next square are named, and for the passengers arriving from the airport. 173: 253: 277: 246: 272: 129: 239: 158: 62:– not in the central part of the city, despite this name being common in the former Soviet cities as a central 89:, was erected in 1975 to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the end of the war. It consists of a 48– 71: 227: 51: 67: 117: 8: 113: 105: 47: 82: 55: 85:. The monument, designed by Sergey Speranskiy and Valentin Kamenskiy, and sculpted by 154: 86: 219: 39: 31: 59: 223: 101: 19: 266: 188: 175: 93:
high obelisk, a large circular enclosure, and a subterranean Memorial Hall.
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In the past, at this location there was a center of a settlement called
109: 43: 90: 211: 81:, which commemorates the victims and survivors of the 38:, Ploschad Pobedy) is a city square in the south of 264: 151:St. Petersburg (Eyewitness Travel Guides Series) 247: 79:Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad 148: 254: 240: 142: 58:avenue 8 km from the city's primary 18: 265: 206: 130:List of squares in Saint Petersburg 54:. It is located in the very end of 13: 14: 289: 278:Saint Petersburg geography stubs 210: 108:(comparable functionality to a 77:Victory Square is home to the 1: 135: 226:. You can help Knowledge by 7: 273:Squares in Saint Petersburg 123: 10: 294: 205: 35: 116:. Until 1971, the royal 16:Square in St. Petersburg 189:59.842694°N 30.321889°E 120:was also located here. 222:location article is a 24: 149:Phillips, C. (2004). 118:Srednerogatsky Palace 22: 194:59.842694; 30.321889 185: /  106:security checkpoint 52:Great Patriotic War 23:General modern view 83:Siege of Leningrad 56:Moskovsky Prospekt 46:, named after the 25: 235: 234: 98:Srednyaya Rogatka 87:Mikhail Anikushin 285: 256: 249: 242: 220:Saint Petersburg 214: 207: 200: 199: 197: 196: 195: 190: 186: 183: 182: 181: 178: 165: 164: 146: 40:Saint Petersburg 37: 36:Пло́щадь Побе́ды 293: 292: 288: 287: 286: 284: 283: 282: 263: 262: 261: 260: 203: 193: 191: 187: 184: 179: 176: 174: 172: 171: 169: 168: 161: 147: 143: 138: 126: 60:Pulkovo Airport 17: 12: 11: 5: 291: 281: 280: 275: 259: 258: 251: 244: 236: 233: 232: 215: 167: 166: 159: 140: 139: 137: 134: 133: 132: 125: 122: 102:Russian Empire 100:named after a 66:. The nearest 48:Soviet victory 28:Victory Square 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 290: 279: 276: 274: 271: 270: 268: 257: 252: 250: 245: 243: 238: 237: 231: 229: 225: 221: 216: 213: 209: 208: 204: 201: 198: 162: 160:0-7513-6883-0 156: 152: 145: 141: 131: 128: 127: 121: 119: 115: 114:road crossing 111: 107: 103: 99: 94: 92: 88: 84: 80: 75: 73: 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 41: 33: 29: 21: 228:expanding it 217: 202: 180:30°19′18.8″E 177:59°50′33.7″N 170: 150: 144: 97: 95: 78: 76: 27: 26: 192: / 72:Moskovskaya 70:station is 64:city square 267:Categories 136:References 110:city gate 124:See also 50:in the 32:Russian 157:  112:) and 104:-time 44:Russia 218:This 91:metre 68:metro 224:stub 155:ISBN 269:: 153:. 42:, 34:: 255:e 248:t 241:v 230:. 163:. 30:(

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Saint Petersburg
Russia
Soviet victory
Great Patriotic War
Moskovsky Prospekt
Pulkovo Airport
city square
metro
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Siege of Leningrad
Mikhail Anikushin
metre
Russian Empire
security checkpoint
city gate
road crossing
Srednerogatsky Palace
List of squares in Saint Petersburg
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