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Semyonovskoye (Orekhovnya Rural Settlement), Iznoskovsky District, Kaluga Oblast
Semyonovsky (masculine), Semyonovskaya (feminine), or Semyonovskoye (neuter) may refer to: Places in Russia *Semyonovsky District, former district of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia *Semyonovsky Urban Okrug, a municipal formation of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, which the town of Semyonov is incorporated as *Semyonovsky Municipal Okrug, a municipal okrug of Admiralteysky District of St. Petersburg *Semyonovsky (rural locality) (''Semyonovskaya'', ''Semyonovskoye''), name of several rural localities *Semyonovskaya (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro in Moscow *Semyonovsky Island Other uses *Semyonovsky Life Guards Regiment The Semyonovsky Lifeguard Regiment (, ) was one of the two oldest guard regiments of the Imperial Russian Army. The other one was the Preobrazhensky Regiment. In 2013, it was recreated for the Russian Armed Forces as a rifle regiment, its name ..., a guards regiment in the Imperial Russian Army * Evgenia Semenovskaya (1895 – 1976), a Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semyonovsky District
Semyonov () is a town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, notable for being a major center for traditional handcrafts such as Khokhloma wood painting and matryoshka dolls. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 24,473. Geography The town is situated in an area of lowland bogs and forests, about northeast of Nizhny Novgorod, the administrative center of the oblast. The Kerzhenets River flows through the town. The surrounding area includes most of the Kerzhenets Nature Reserve, a federal-level strict ecological reserve, established for the protection and scientific study of the local ecology of the region. History Rachmaninov may have been born there. Poles are buried there because of the Katyn massacre of 1940. Nazi Germany was there from late 1941 to early 1944. It was established in the beginning of the 17th century as a settlement of Old Believers. According to an Old Believer legend, the Old Believer settlement in the area was spurred by the existence of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semyonovsky Municipal Okrug
Semyonovsky Municipal Okrug (), formerly Municipal Okrug #4 (), is a municipal okrug of Admiralteysky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. Population: It borders the Fontanka River in the north, Gorokhovaya Street in the east, Obvodny Canal in the south, and Moskovsky Avenue in the west. Places of interest include Vitebsky railway station and Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University) () was founded in 1828. It is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in Russia, and currently trains around 5,000 students. History In the past, the institute w .... References {{Use mdy dates, date=April 2013 Admiralteysky District, Saint Petersburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semyonovsky (rural Locality)
Semyonovsky (; masculine), Semyonovskaya (; feminine), or Semyonovskoye (; neuter) is the name of several types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural localities in Russia. Republic of Bashkortostan As of 2010, one rural locality in the Republic of Bashkortostan bears this name: *Semyonovskoye, Republic of Bashkortostan, a ''village#Russia, selo'' in Semyonovsky Selsoviet of Baymaksky District Bryansk Oblast As of 2010, one rural locality in Bryansk Oblast bears this name: *Semyonovsky, Bryansk Oblast, a settlement in Supryaginsky Selsoviet of Pochepsky District Chuvash Republic As of 2010, one rural locality in the Chuvash Republic bears this name: *Semyonovskoye, Chuvash Republic, a ''village#Russia, selo'' in Semyonovskoye Rural Settlement of Poretsky District Irkutsk Oblast As of 2010, one rural locality in Irkutsk Oblast bears this name: *Semyonovskoye, Irkutsk Oblast, a ''village#Russia, selo'' in Zalarinsky District Ivanovo Oblast As of 2010, four rural localities in Iv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semyonovskaya (Moscow Metro)
Semyonovskaya () is a station of the Moscow Metro in the Sokolinaya Gora District, Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line, between Elektrozavodskaya (Moscow Metro), Elektrozavodskaya and Partizanskaya (Moscow Metro), Partizanskaya stations. Semyonovskaya opened in 1944. Originally, the station was called Stalinskaya, as it was built under Stalinskaya Ploshchad. As part of De-Stalinization, the station was renamed in 1961 to Semyonovskaya for the settlement from which the Semyonovsky Regiment took its name. It was the deepest List of Moscow Metro stations, station in Moscow Metro from 1944 until 1950. Design Built concurrently with Partizanskaya (Moscow Metro), Partizanskaya, it too is war-themed, sporting plaques along the outer walls depicting a variety of Soviet weapons used in the war, including swords, sniper rifles, and machine guns. A much larger plaque at the end of the platform includes an image of the Order of Victory and the word ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semyonovsky Island
Semyonovsky Island ('о. Семёновский' in Russian) was an island in the Lyakhovsky Islands subgroup of the New Siberian Islands. It was located in the southwestern area of the archipelago, in the eastern part of the Laptev Sea. Before its disappearance, it was at 4 km2, one of the smallest islands in the archipelago. In 1945, just before it disappeared, its sea cliffs rose about 24 meters above sea level.Grigorov, I.P., 1946, ''Disappearing islands.'' Priroda, pp. 58–65 (in Russian)Gavrilov, A.V., N.N. Romanovskii, V.E. Romanovsky, H.-W. Hubberten, and V. E. Tumskoy (2003). Reconstruction of Ice Complex Remnants on the Eastern Siberian Arctic Shelf. ''Permafrost and Periglacial Processes''. vol. 14, pp. 187–198. History Mr. I. Lyakhov, a merchant from Yakutsk, discovered this island in 1770. He discovered it by following the tracks of an enormous herd of reindeer across frozen sea ice. Czarina Catherine II rewarded him for discovering this and another island in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semyonovsky Life Guards Regiment
The Semyonovsky Lifeguard Regiment (, ) was one of the two oldest guard regiments of the Imperial Russian Army. The other one was the Preobrazhensky Regiment. In 2013, it was recreated for the Russian Armed Forces as a rifle regiment, its name now becoming the 1st Semyonovsky Independent Rifle Regiment (). The Semyonovsky Regiment was the second oldest regiment of the Russian army, established in 1691 at the village of Semyonovskoye (now in Moscow) from the expansion of Peter the Great's " toy army," which was used to create the Preobrazhensky Regiment in 1690. They were both part of Peter's Western-style regiments and distinguished themselves in battle during his wars with Sweden and the Ottoman Empire. The regiment was part of the 1st Brigade (known as "Peter's Brigade") of the 1st Guards Infantry Division along with the Preobrazhensky by the time of World War I. It was disbanded after the Russian Revolution. History Peter's Toy Army The history of the regiment dates b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
