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Explore Bol'shiye Kovali in Russia

Bol'shiye Kovali in the region of Tatarstan is a town in Russia - some 443 mi or ( 714 km ) East of Moscow , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Bol'shiye Kovali

Current time in Bol'shiye Kovali is now 02:02 PM (Wednesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Moscow " with a UTC offset of 4 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Yoshkar-Ola, Ul'yanovsk, Shigali, Semiozërka, and Saransk. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Yoshkar-Ola . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Bol'shiye Kovali ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Lake Goluboe (Blue)

6:22 min by Kiril Ivanov
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Lake Goluboe (Blue) not far from Kazan City in Tatarstan republic. The lake has karst origin and its waters a 4-6 degrees cold and amazingly transparent. ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Sumka River

The Sumka is a river in Zelenodolsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, a left-bank tributary of the Volga River. Its length is 37 kilometers and its drainage basin is 250 square kilometers . It origins near Gremyachy Klyuch and falls to the Kuybyshev Reservoir, Volga, forming the western border of Vasilyevo, Tatarstan. The river valley comes through the Raifa section of the Volga-Kama Reserve. There the Sumka passes several major lakes, the biggest being Raifa lake.

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Located at 55.98 48.97 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Rivers of Tatarstan

2008 Kazan gas explosion

The Kazan gas explosion occurred on January 9, 2008, destroying an entire corner of a three-story khrushchyovka-style apartment building on Malaya Pechyorskaya Street in the Aviastroitelny District of Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. The explosion took place at 0:28 a.m. local time. The blast destroyed 12 apartments and killed ten residents, including one woman who died of blast-related trauma in a hospital after being rescued from the rubble. Additionally, two were non-fatally wounded.

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Located at 55.87 49.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: 2008 in Russia, 2008 industrial disasters, 21st-century explosions, Explosions in Russia, Gas explosions, Kazan

Borisoglebskoye airfield

Borisoglebskoye airfield is an experimental aviation airfield owned by Kazan Aircraft Production Association. Located in the northeastern part of the city of Kazan, in the immediate vicinity of the borough Borisoglebskoe, it is designed for experimental design, experimental work, and testing aircraft products. Since the late 1980s at the airport naddanom conducted test flights of Russian strategic bombers Tupolev Tu-160 (Blackjack), as well as passenger airliners mid-range Tupolev Tu-214.

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Located at 55.87 49.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Airports built in the Soviet Union, Airports in Tatarstan, Kazan, Soviet Air Force bases, Soviet Long Range Aviation

Alat, Russia

Alat or Rus Alatı is a village in Vysokogorsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. The village is situated on the Alat River, 33 kilometers to the north of Vysokaya Gora railway station. In 2000, its population numbered 212; in 1989, it was 210. All residents of Alat are ethnic Russians. Alat was founded in the epoch of Kazan Khanate and was an administrative center of the Alat darugha. In 1708–1766, it was a town in the Kazan Governorate.

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Located at 56.19 49.21 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Defunct towns in Russia, Rural localities in Tatarstan

Derbyshki

Derbyshki is a residential area in the city of Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. Until November 1998 it was two rural localities, which were merged into Kazan in November 1998 along with a number of other rural localities of Vysokogorsky District.

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Located at 55.86 49.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Kazan