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Discover Vesnyana Kvitka in Ukraine

Vesnyana Kvitka in the region of Mykolayivs'ka is a town located in Ukraine - some 226 mi or ( 364 km ) South of Kiev , the country's capital .

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Local time in Vesnyana Kvitka is now 08:58 PM (Wednesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Kiev " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Chişinău, Iaşi, Veseloye, Varyushino, and Staropokrovka. When in this area, you might want to check out Chişinău . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Vesnyana Kvitka ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.

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Shyrokolanivka

Shyrokolanivka is a village in the Veselynivskyi Raion of the Mykolaiv Oblast in southern Ukraine. It is located along the east bank of the Berezan River. The village was established in 1809 as Landau by Roman Catholic German immigrants to the Beresaner Valley, then part of the Kherson Governorate of the Russian Empire. It received its present name after the remaining German residents were driven from the area by the advancing Soviet army in 1944.

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Located at 47.17 31.43 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Populated places established in 1809, Villages in Mykolaiv Oblast

Duga-1 and Duga-2

Duga-1 and Duga-2 (Russian: Дуга - "duga" means "arc") were Soviet experimental over-the-horizon radar (OTH) systems. They were developed for the Soviet ABM early-warning network. Both of these radar systems were aimed east and were fairly low power. They were predecessors of the Duga-3 or "Steel Yard" OTH system, which operated from 1976 to 1989. Duga-1 was the first experimental system.

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Located at 47.08 31.65 (Lat./Long.); Less than 21 km away
Tags: Cold War history of the United States, Ground radars, International broadcasting, Russian and Soviet military radars, Science and technology in the Soviet Union

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