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Discover Nikiforovo in Russia

Nikiforovo in the region of Moskovskaya is a town located in Russia - some 19 mi or ( 31 km ) East of Moscow , the country's capital .

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Local time in Nikiforovo is now 01:24 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Moscow " with a UTC offset of 4 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Zheleznodorozhnyy, Yaroslavl', Vladimir, Tver, and Tula. When in this area, you might want to check out Zheleznodorozhnyy . We found 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 Nikiforovo ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Adventures In The Air - Zero-G Cosmonaut Training

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Weightlessness training aboard the IL76-MDK aircraft. Star City, Russia. July, 2001 ..


Space Magic Fly

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Space - Magic Fly (Remix) concert in Star City 11.04.2011 ..

Space Diving - Космический Дайвинг

12:54 min by Natalia Rifai
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Diving in Hydrospace Star Town, Moscow suburbs, Russia. December 2nd, 2012 MIR Space Center holds a hydrospace laboratory, the Russian cosmonaut training facility used to prepare cosmonauts for weight ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center

The Yuri A. Gagarin State Scientific Research-and-Testing Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) is a Russian training facility responsible for training cosmonauts for their space missions. It is the first cosmonaut training facility in Russia. It is located in Star City, Russia—a name which may refer to the facility itself and to the grounds on which it is located.

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Located at 55.87 38.12 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Human spaceflight, Neutral buoyancy facilities, Soviet and Russian space program locations

Chkalovsky Airport

Chkalovsky Airport, is a military airport base near Shchyolkovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia. It is located 31 km northeast of Moscow. Chkalovsky provides air support for Star City, Russia, Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Center, and other elements of the Soviet space program and Russian Federal Space Agency.

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Located at 55.88 38.06 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Airports in Moscow Oblast, Soviet Air Force bases, Soviet Military Transport Aviation, Soviet and Russian space program locations

Star City, Russia

Star City (Russian: Звёздный городо́к, Zvyozdny gorodok) is a common name of an area in Moscow Oblast, Russia, which has since the 1960s been home to the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC). Officially, the area was known as "closed military townlet No.  1" and at various times had also been designated as Shchyolkovo-14 (Щёлково-14) and Zvyozdny (Звёздный).

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Located at 55.88 38.11 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Human spaceflight, Soviet and Russian space program locations

Monino Airfield

Monino Airfield is a former air base in Moscow Oblast, Russia located 36 km east of Moscow. It is used for the Central Air Force Museum. It had a military technical school with an operations ramp which during the 1990s had an Ilyushin Il-76 freighter jet and two bombers. This airfield appears to be abandoned with unusable runways.

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Located at 55.84 38.17 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Moscow Oblast, Russian Air Force bases, Soviet Air Force bases

Gagarin Air Force Academy

Gagarin Air Force Academy (Russian: Военно-воздушная академия имени Ю. А. Гагарина) is the name of a Russian military aviation academy located in Monino (Монино), Moscow Region. Gagarin Air Force Academy is one of the leading military educational institutions preparing high-ranking military personnel for the Russian Air Force.

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Located at 55.84 38.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Air force academies, Military academies of Russia, Military academies of the Soviet Union, Military education and training in Russia, Soviet Air Force