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Discover Pershino in Russia
Pershino in the region of Nizjnij Novgorod is a town located in Russia - some 250 mi or ( 403 km ) East of Moscow , the country's capital .
Local time in Pershino is now 06:20 AM (Sunday) . 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: Yoshkar-Ola, Vladimir, Sitniki, Posëlok Sovkhoza, and Pershino. When in this area, you might want to check out Yoshkar-Ola . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Pershino ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112
Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112 named after Andrei Zhdanov (Russian: Судостроительное предприятие "Кра́сное Со́рмово" имени А. А. Жданова) was one of the oldest shipbuilding factories in the Soviet Union, located in the Sormovsky City District of Nizhny Novgorod (the city was called Gorky in 1932–90).
Located at 56.37 43.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Sormovsky City District
Sormovsky District, or Sormovo, 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: 168,761; 177,940; 185,994. The village originally known as Soromovo (Соромово) 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.
Located at 56.35 43.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Oka River
Oka is a river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga. It flows through the regions of Oryol, Tula, Kaluga, Moscow, Ryazan, Vladimir, and Nizhny Novgorod and is navigable over a large part of its total length, as far upstream as to the town of Kaluga. Its length exceeds 1,500 kilometres . The Russian capital Moscow sits on one of the Oka's tributaries—the Moskva River.
Located at 56.33 43.98 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Volga Federal District
Volga (Privolzhsky) Federal District (Russian: Приво́лжский федера́льный о́круг, Privolzhsky federalny okrug) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. It forms the southeastern part of European Russia. Its population was 29,899,699 (70.8% urban) according to the 2010 Census, living on an area of 1,038,000 square kilometers . Grigory Rapota was appointed the federal district's Presidential Envoy on May 12, 2008.
Located at 56.33 44.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Aleksandr Suvorov (ship)
The Aleksandr Suvorov is a Valerian Kuybyshev class Soviet/Russian river cruise ship, cruising in the Volga–Don basin. On 5 June 1983 Suvorov crashed into a girder of the Ulyanovsk railway bridge. The catastrophe led to 177 deaths yet the ship stayed afloat, was restored and still navigates. Her home port is currently Nizhny Novgorod.
Located at 56.33 44.01 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
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