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9 unusual facts about Voronezh


1988 in fine arts of the Soviet Union

September 17 — In Voronezh on Prospekt of Revolution was unveiled a monument to Mitrofan Pyatnitsky (1864—1927), Russian Soviet musician, actor and collector of Russian folk songs, the founder and a first artistic director of the Pyatnitsky Choir.

Antonov An-148

On 28 June 2009, the first serially produced An-148, manufactured at VASO in Voronezh took to the skies.

George Tarassov

George of Syracuse (born George Tarassov April 14, 1893 Voronezh, Russia – March 22, 1981 Paris, France) was an Eastern Orthodox archbishop of the Ecumenical Patriarchate who led the Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe from 1960 to 1981.

Michael O'Neal

In 1997, O'Neal accompanied a group of Kansas State University educators and fellow legislators on an educational exchange mission to Voronezh, Russia to assist their emerging democracy.

Mikhail Puntov

Mikhail Puntov (born 23 December 1995, also known as Misha) from Voronezh competed in the 2008-edition of Junior Eurovision Song Contest representing Russia.

Mikhail, Prince of Abkhazia

He was subsequently exiled to Voronezh, in Russia - an act which was vastly unpopular with the Abkhaz people.

Muslim society №3

This is on the account of members committing a grouping explosions of apartment houses in Moscow and Volgodonsk in 1999 (232 victims), 2 acts of terrorism in the Moscow underground in 2004 (52 victims, 300 wounded men), acts of terrorism in Krasnodar (3 victims, 20 wounded men), Voronezh (1 victim, 6 wounded men), Stavropol Territory, the Rostov-on-Don area.

Tupolev Tu-123

Mass production was assigned to the Voronezh Factory Number 64, and from 1964–1972 a total of 52 units were manufactured.

Viola von Cramon-Taubadel

From 1992 to 1993 Viola von Cramon was an Erasmus Scholar at Wye College in Kent Country followed by the Language and Study visit to Russia in 1993, traineeship in Voronezh and Belgorod within the World Bank Feasibility study project in 1994 and Study visit to Estonia in 1995.


423rd Guards Yampolsky Motor Rifle Regiment

Within three years of participation in the German-Soviet War, the brigade fought from the Don to Elba, from Voronezh to walls of Prague, putting the big damage to the opponent in inhabited force and the technician.

Aleksandr Gorbachyov

Aleksandr Nikolayevich Gorbachyov (b. 1970), Russian football player and coach with FC KAMAZ, FC Dynamo Stavropol, FC Baltika, FC Fakel Voronezh and FC Elista

Aleksey Suvorin

With limited prospects of pursuing a military career, he spent eight years in his native haunts, teaching history and geography, first in Bobrov, and then in Voronezh.

Baltika Breweries

Today, Baltika is the largest Fast-moving consumer goods producer in Russia and has production facilities in 10 Russian cities (Saint Petersburg, Yaroslavl, Tula, Voronezh, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Chelyabinsk, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, and Khabarovsk).

Buturlinovsky

Buturlinovskoye Urban Settlement, an administrative division and a municipal formation which the town of Buturlinovka and three rural localities in Buturlinovsky District of Voronezh Oblast, Russia are incorporated as

Ertil

Ertil Urban Settlement, an administrative division and a municipal formation which the town of Ertil and eight rural localities in Ertilsky District of Voronezh Oblast, Russia are incorporated as

Hero City

Potential candidates are places of fierce battles: Oryol, Rzhev, Yelnya, Voronezh, Vyazma, and others.

Kalach

Kalach Urban Settlement, an administrative division and a municipal formation which the town of Kalach and seven rural localities in Kalachevsky District of Voronezh Oblast, Russia are incorporated as

László Piros

He fought in the Second World War, but he was captured by the Soviets at Voronezh (January 1943).

Maksim Vasilyev

Maksim Yuryevich Vasilyev (b. 1974), Russian footballer with FC Salyut-Energiya Belgorod and formerly FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don, FC Fakel Voronezh and FC Dynamo Moscow reserves

Muravsky Trail

Such a chain of eleven forts and obstructions, the "Belgorod Defense Line", was constructed at the behest of Boris Godunov, including, among other fortified settlements, the towns of Livny (1586), Voronezh (1586), Kursk (1587, rebuilt), Yelets (1592, rebuilt), Stary Oskol (1593), Valuyki (1593) and Belgorod (1596, rebuilt).

Nestor von Henko

In the arid steppes of the Samara, Volgograd and Voronezh governorate, some 13 thousands hectares of protective forest belts II-7 had been planted by 1902.

Nikolay Burdenko

The following were named after Burdenko: SRI of the neurosurgery in Moscow, Сentral military hospital, the faculty of the surgical clinic of the Sechenov's medical academy, Penza provincial clinical hospital, streets in Moscow and Voronezh, an asteroid (6754 Burdenko)

Pavlovsk

Pavlovsk Urban Settlement, an administrative division and a municipal formation which the town of Pavlovsk in Pavlovsky District of Voronezh Oblast, Russia is incorporated as

Podgorensky

Podgorensky (urban-type settlement), an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Podgorensky District of Voronezh Oblast, Russia

Polet Airlines

It operates a worldwide cargo and domestic passenger charter services from Voronezh, as well as regional passenger and cargo services from Sokol.

Tambov Oblast

Tambov Oblast was finally created from oblasts of Voronezh and Kuybyshev in 27 September 1937.

Tikhaya Sosna River

It flows in a northeasterly direction, and joins the Don some 15 kilometers west of the town of Liski in Voronezh Oblast.

Usman

Usman River, a river in Russia; left tributary of the Voronezh River


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