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Porozhek Destination Guide

Discover Porozhek in Russia

Porozhek in the region of Kareliya is a place located in Russia - some 447 mi or ( 719 km ) North of Moscow , the country's capital .

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Local time in Porozhek is now 11:26 AM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Moscow " with a UTC offset of 4 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Vilga, Verkhniy Bessovets, Leningrad, Rudany, and Rinda. When in this area, you might want to check out Vilga . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Porozhek ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Besovets

Besovets is a rural locality in Prionezhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Municipally, it is a part of Shuyskoye Rural Settlement of Prionezhsky Municipal District. On June 20, 2011, RusAir Flight 9605 crashed near Besovets while on approach to Petrozavodsk Airport, killing forty-five and injuring seven people.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 61.91 34.16 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Rural localities in the Republic of Karelia

Petrozavodsk Airport

Petrozavodsk Airport is a joint civil-military airport in Russia located 12 kilometres northwest of Petrozavodsk in Besovets, Shuya Rural Settlement. It services small airliners. It is a minor airfield with 12 parking stands and a small amount of tarmac space. The airfield has seen military use as an interceptor base. During the 1960s or 1970s Sukhoi Su-15 aircraft were based at Besovets.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 61.88 34.16 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Airports built in the Soviet Union, Airports in the Republic of Karelia, Russian Air Force bases, Soviet Air Defence Force bases, Soviet Air Force bases

RusAir Flight 9605

RusAir Flight 9605 (also RusLine Flight 243) was a passenger flight which crashed near Petrozavodsk Airport, Petrozavodsk, Russia, on 20 June 2011. 47 of the 52 onboard died. The aircraft involved, a Tupolev Tu-134A-3, was operating a RusAir scheduled domestic flight (as a RusLine service) from Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow, to Petrozavodsk. It crashed on approach in bad weather, coming down on A133 highway about 1,200 m short of the runway, shortly after 23:40 local time.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 61.87 34.15 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: 2011 in Russia, 2011 in aviation, Accidents and incidents involving the Tupolev Tu-134, Aviation accidents and incidents in 2011, Aviation accidents and incidents in Russia, Petrozavodsk