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Shirshovo Destination Guide

Touring Shirshovo in Russia

Shirshovo in the region of Nizjnij Novgorod is a city located in Russia - some 245 mi or ( 394 km ) East of Moscow , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Shirshovo

Time in Shirshovo is now 07:16 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Moscow " with a UTC offset of 4 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Zinyaki, Zarubino, Vologda, Vladimir, and Shirshovo. Being here already, consider visiting Zinyaki . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Shirshovo ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Mig29 - MAC II Flight to the edge of space

3:34 min by Russell Marsh
Views: 82186 Rating: 4.95

This was a flight to the edge of space (stratosphere) in a Mig 29 from Sokol Air Base in Russia. An amazing ride. You can read about it in my blog at www.gototheedge.wordpress.com ..

6G Climb in a Mig 29

0:45 min by Russell Marsh
Views: 23650 Rating: 4.11

Flight in a Mig 29 doing aerobatics - the Hammer. I pull 6G at the bottom of the manouvre and black out for 2 seconds then come back around. That was a bit freaky! ..


Banny to surf

0:08 min by Kalasshh
Views: 4515 Rating: 4.67

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Fly MiG - Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum, Sokol, Russia

4:41 min by MiGFlug Jet Flights
Views: 3970 Rating: 4.58

www.flyfighterjet.com Fly MiG on Sokol Airbase in Russia. The last Supersonic Flight for civilians worldwide! This video shows the take off and aerobatics of a MiG-29 UB. Video has been taken on Sokol ..


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Interesting facts about this location

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).

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Located at 56.37 43.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: 1849 establishments in Russia, Buildings and structures in Nizhny Novgorod, Defence companies of the Soviet Union, Manufacturing companies of the Soviet Union, Nizhny Novgorod, Science and technology in the Soviet Union, Shipbuilding companies of Russia, Shipbuilding companies of the Soviet Union, Transport in the Soviet Union

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.

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Located at 56.35 43.87 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Districts of Nizhny Novgorod

Burevestnik (Nizhny Novgorod Metro)

Burevestnik is a station of the Nizhny Novgorod Metro which was opened on 9 September 2002. It is the western terminus station on the Sormovskaya line.

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Located at 56.33 43.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: 2002 establishments in Russia, Buildings and structures in Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Metro stations, Railway stations opened in 2002

Burnakovskaya (Nizhny Novgorod Metro)

Burnakovskaya is a station on the Sormovskaya Line of the Nizhny Novgorod Metro, in the Moskovsky district of Nizhny Novgorod, opened in 1993.

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Located at 56.33 43.91 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: 1993 establishments in Russia, Nizhny Novgorod Metro stations, Railway stations opened in 1993

Sormovo (airfield)

Sormovo (or Gorkiy Sormovo) is an airfield in Russia, located on the outskirts of Nizhny Novgorod, some 8 km from the center city, just west of the Sokol Aircraft Plant. Legally, it is within the city's Moskovsky District, but it is commonly referred to by the name of the much better-known neighborhood of Sormovo, which is to the north of the airfield. Moreover, between 1956 and 1970 the airfield (and all of today's Moskovsky District) was in fact part of the Sormovsky District.

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Located at 56.32 43.79 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Air Force bases, Soviet Air Force bases