Sormovo Parovoz
Sormovo may refer to: * Sormovo (airfield), an airfield near Nizhny Novgorod, Russia *Sormovsky City District (formerly a separate city of Sormovo), a city district of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia See also * Sormovsky (other) *Krasnoye Sormovo Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard No. 112 named after Andrei Zhdanov (russian: Судостроительное предприятие "Кра́сное Со́рмово" имени А. А. Жданова) is one of the oldest shipbuilding factories ...

Sormovo (airfield)
Sormovo (or Gorkiy Sormovo) is an airfield in Russia, located on the outskirts of Nizhny Novgorod, some from the center city, just west of the Sokol Aircraft Plant. Legally, it is within the city's Moskovsky District ( Московский район), but it is commonly referred to by the name of the much better-known neighborhood of Sormovo, which is to the north of the airfield. Moreover, between 1956 and 1970 the airfield (and all of today's Moskovsky District) was in fact part of the Sormovsky District. According to the Western sources, it is a military base with MiG-25 and MiG-31 aircraft. The runway dimensions suggest that this airfield was built in the 1950s as a bomber base. As of 2000, Google Earth high-resolution satellite images showed 14 MiG-25, 6 MiG-21 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design B ...
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Sormovsky City District
Sormovsky City District (russian: Со́рмовский райо́н), or Sormovo (russian: Со́рмово), is one of the eight districts of the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. It occupies the northwestern corner of the city, adjacent to the Volga River. Population: The village originally known as Soromovo () had existed since 1542. In 1849, the Sormovo Works—soon one of Russia's most important machine-building plants, later known as Krasnoye Sormovo—was founded; its owner had the village renamed to more euphonic ''Sormovo''. Although legally a village, it soon grew into a large workers' settlement; in 1922, Sormovo became a city; in 1929, it was amalgamated into the city of Nizhny Novgorod, becoming one of its districts. It is one of the city's industrial districts. Besides Krasnoye Sormovo, its well-known enterprises include the Volga Shipyard(which was spun off from Krasnoye Sormovo in 1970, and is geographically adjacent to its parent plant) and the Sormovo Confec ...
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Sormovsky (other)
Sormovsky (masculine), Sormovskaya (feminine), or Sormovskoye (neuter) is an adjective form of ''Sormovo'', a neighborhood within the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod. They may refer to: *Sormovsky City District, a city district of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia *Sormovskaya Line, a line of the Nizhny Novgorod Metro The Nizhny Novgorod Metro (russian: Нижегородское метро), formerly known as the Gorky Metro (russian: Горьковское метро), is a rapid-transit system which serves the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Opened in 19 ... that will one day reach Sormovo. * Sormovskiy, a type of general cargo ships from Russia. See also * Sormovo (other) {{disambig ...
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