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Lenin Square, Khabarovsk
Lenin Square () is a square in Khabarovsk, Russia. It is the second biggest square in Russia next to Moscow's Red Square. It is located in the Central District and intersects with Gogolya Street, Turgyeneva Street, Karl Marx Street, and Glory Square, Muravyova-Amurskogo Street. Itbos currently the location for main city events and celebrations. History It was created in 1864 as Nikolaevskaya Square. In 1917, it was renamed Freedom Square. In 1925, a monument to Vladimir Lenin was placed in the center of the square. In 1949, architect E. Mameshin developed a project for the planning and development of the square which included a modern medical university. In 1950, it was renamed Stalin Square and began to host International Workers' Day and October Revolution Day civil/military parades for the first time. In 1957 the square was renamed Lenin square. In 1998 the square underwent a final reconstruction. In 2010, a memorial marker for the "Zero kilometer of the Chita-Khabarovsk Federal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Square
A town square (or public square, urban square, city square or simply square), also called a plaza or piazza, is an open public space commonly found in the heart of a traditional town or city, and which is used for community gatherings. Related concepts are the civic center, the market square and the village green. Most squares are hardscapes suitable for open market (place), markets, concerts, political rallies, and other events that require firm ground. They are not necessarily a true square, geometric square. Being centrally located, town squares are usually surrounded by small shops such as Bakery, bakeries, meat markets, cheese stores, and clothing stores. At their center is often a well, monument, statue or other feature. Those with fountains are sometimes called fountain squares. The term "town square" (especially via the term "public square") is synonymous with the politics of many cultures, and the names of a certain town squares, such as the Euromaidan or Red Squar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R297 Highway (Russia)
The Russian route R297 or the Amur Highway (so named after the nearby Amur River) is a federal highway in Russia, part of the Trans-Siberian Highway. With a length of , it is the longest segment, from Chita to Khabarovsk, connecting the paved roads of Siberia with those of the Russian Far East. The construction of the road united the Russian federal highways into a single system stretching from Saint Petersburg to Vladivostok. Before completion of the road, the Russian Pacific coast was connected to the rest of the country only by airlines, the Trans-Siberian Railway, and the Baikal–Amur Mainline.Vince, Austin; Bloom, Louis et al. (2006) ''Mondo Enduro''. Ripping Yarns.com. . For most of its route, the highway parallels the China–Russia border at a distance of . , it still included unpaved sections. It traverses the sparsely populated regions of Zabaykalsky Krai, Amur Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, and Khabarovsk Krai. Early history The most problematic stretch of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Places Named After Vladimir Lenin
This is a list of places which are named or renamed after Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by his alias Lenin. Some or all of the locations in former Soviet republics and satellites were renamed (frequently reverting to pre-Soviet names) after the fall of the Soviet Union, while Russia and aligned countries (mainly Belarus) retained the names of the thousands of streets, avenues, squares, regions, towns, and cities that were given Lenin's name as part of his cult of personality. Cities, towns, settlements and districts Former Soviet Union Azerbaijan *Ilyich (1924–1990) — Şərur, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic *Lenin, Leninkend, and Leninfeld — Çinarlı, Shamkir *Leninabad — Kərimbəyli, Babek *Leninabad — Yeni yol, Shamkir *Leninabad — Sanqalan *Leninabad — Təklə, Gobustan *Leninavan — Həsənqaya, Tartar *Leninkənd — Qarakeçdi *Leninkend — Mustafabəyli *Port-İliç — Lankaran Rayon, now called Liman, Azerbaijan, Liman *Pamyat' Lenina — Bal� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Artist Of The RSFSR
People's Artist of the RSFSR (, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, actors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achievements in the arts, and who lived in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR). This title was one rank below Honored Artist of the RSFSR and one above People's Artist of the USSR. The title was introduced on 10 August 1931. In 1992, after the Russian SFSR was renamed as the Russian Federation, it was replaced with People's Artist of Russia. List The year of assignment is not set * Alexander Kramov (1885–1951), actor, theater director * Tamara Makarova (1907–1997), film actress * Vera Michurina-Samoilova (1866–1948), theater actress * Nikolay Svetlovidov (1889–1970), theater and film actor * Yevdokiya Turchaninova (1870–1963), theater actress * Alexandra Yablochkina (1866–1964), theater actress 1918 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Far East
The Russian Far East ( rus, Дальний Восток России, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in North Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asia, Asian continent, and is coextensive with the Far Eastern Federal District, which encompasses the area between Lake Baikal and the Pacific Ocean. The area's largest city is Khabarovsk, followed by Vladivostok. The region shares land borders with the countries of Mongolia, China, and North Korea to its south, as well as maritime boundary, maritime boundaries with Japan to its southeast, and with the United States along the Bering Strait to its northeast. Although the Russian Far East is often considered as a part of Siberia abroad, it has been historically categorized separately from Siberia in Russian regional schemes (and previously during the history of the Soviet Union, Soviet era when it was called the Soviet Far East). Terminology In Russia, the region is usually referred to as simply th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khabarovsk Krai
Khabarovsk Krai (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (a krai) of Russia. It is located in the Russian Far East and is administratively part of the Far Eastern Federal District. The administrative centre of the krai is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Khabarovsk, which is home to roughly half of the krai's population and the largest city in the Russian Far East (just ahead of Vladivostok). Khabarovsk Krai is the fourth-largest federal subject by area, and had a population of 1,343,869 as of 2010. Being dominated by the Siberian High winter cold, the continental climates of the krai see extreme freezing for an area adjacent to the sea near the mid-latitudes, but also warm summers in the interior. The southern region lies mostly in the drainage basin, basin of the lower Amur River, with the River mouth, mouth of the river located at Nikolaevsk-on-Amur draining into the Strait of Tartary, which separates Khabarovsk Krai from the island of Sakha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalcombank
Dalcombank () was one of the largest banks in the Russian Far East. Its headquarters were located on Lenin Square in Khabarovsk. It was merged with MTS Bank in 2012. History On April 25, 1989, a bank charter was registered by Central bank board under number 84. Back then was the first commercial bank in the Russian Far East. Dalcombank shareholders were: * Machine manufacturing plant * Ordjonikidze oil processing company * Khabarovsk region cash collection company * “Dalenergomash” plant * Savings Bank of USSR, Khabarovsk region * “Promzoloto” company * “Dallesprom” company From 1994 till 2004 Dalcombank was authorized dealer of Khabarovsk Territory Administration at budget execution. 1997 – Dalcombank was joined with another regional bank named HAKObank Since 2006 Dalcombank had been serving the subventions, which were apportioned to young families for gaining habitation within the limits of subprogramme “Providing young families with habitation” of federa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Furgal
Sergei Ivanovich Furgal ( ; ; born 12 February 1970) is a Russian politician who served as Governor of Khabarovsk Krai from 2018 until 2020. He previously served as a member of the State Duma from 2007 to 2018. Described as populist, Furgal was a member of the LDPR party, and won the 2018 Khabarovsk Krai gubernatorial election in a landslide against incumbent Vyacheslav Shport, who was backed by the ruling United Russia, in a landslide win. Furgal maintained high approval ratings throughout his governorship, but was arrested and removed from office in 2020 after being accused of committing double murder fifteen years prior. In response to his arrest, regarded by many as politically motivated, mass protests were held in the region calling for his release. In 2023, Furgal was sentenced to 22 years in prison following a jury's guilty verdict. Biography Furgal holds a medical degree from Blagoveshchensk State Medical Institute and practiced from 1992 to 1999. In 2008, Furgal wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexei Navalny
Alexei Anatolyevich Navalny (, ; 4 June 197616 February 2024) was a Russian Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia, opposition leader, anti-corruption in Russia, corruption activist and political prisoner. He founded the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) in 2011. He was List of Amnesty International-designated prisoners of conscience, recognised by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience and was awarded the Sakharov Prize for his work on human rights. Through his social media accounts, Navalny and his team published material about corruption in Russia, organised political demonstrations and promoted his campaigns. In a 2011 interview, he described Russia's ruling party—United Russia—as a "party of crooks and thieves", which became a popular byname. Navalny and the FBK have published investigations detailing alleged corruption by high-ranking Russian officials and their associates. Navalny twice received a suspended sentence for embezzlement, in 2013 and 2014. Bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Russian Protests
Protests in Russia began on 23 January 2021 in support of the Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia, opposition leader Alexei Navalny after he was immediately detained upon returning to Russia after being sent to Germany for treatment following his poisoning of Alexei Navalny, poisoning the previous year. Days before protests began, a film by Navalny and his Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) called ''Putin's Palace (film), Putin's Palace'', which revolves around the connection between president Vladimir Putin and a Putin's Palace, palace allegedly being built for him, was released. On the first day, protests were held in 122 towns and cities across Russia in what were one of the largest anti-government demonstrations since 2011–2013 Russian protests, protests were held against the results of 2011 Russian legislative election, legislative elections in 2011 and Putin's 2012 Russian presidential election, re-election in 2012. Unsanctioned by the authorities, the protests were met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Parades
A military parade is a formation of military personnels whose movement is restricted by close-order manoeuvering known as drilling or marching. Large military parades are today held on major holidays and military events around the world. Massed parades may also hold a role for propaganda purposes, being used to exhibit the apparent military strength of a country. History A military parade is a formation of soldiers whose movement is restricted by close-order manoeuvering known as drilling or marching. The terminology comes from the tradition of close order formation combat, in which soldiers were held in very strict formations as to maximise their combat effectiveness. Formation combat was used as an alternative to melee combat, and required strict discipline in the ranks and competent officers. Close order formation combat has been phased out by advances in military equipment and tactic, and modern infantry now use skirmish formation and order. However, foot drill is an im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khabarovsk
Khabarovsk ( ) is the largest city and the administrative centre of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia,Law #109 located from the China–Russia border, at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri Rivers, about north of Vladivostok. As of the 2021 Russian census, it had a population of 617,441. It was known as ''Khabarovka'' until 1893. The city was the administrative center of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia from 2002 until December 2018, when the status was given to Vladivostok. As is typical of the interior of the Russian Far East, Khabarovsk has an extreme climate with strong seasonal swings resulting in strong, cold winters and relatively hot and humid summers. History Earliest record Historical records indicate that a city was founded on the site in the eighth century. The Tungusic peoples are indigenous to the city's vicinity. The city was named ( zh, t= 伯力, p=Bólì, labels=no) in Chinese when it was part of the Chinese empire. During the Tang dynasty, Boli was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
