Running City Moscow 2015
Routes
Category
Routes start
- 100 ul. Khamovnicheskiy val, 6
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55.717134, 37.576278 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
Stage 1
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703
M. Pirogovskaya ul., 20, bldg. 19
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55.727418, 37.565469 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Information board under the address sign
- Number of letters in the longest word
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19
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Historical background
The Institute of Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine was set up after the Revolution by a prominent Russian scholar Evgeny Martsinovskiy (1874-1934). A graduate of Moscow University, Dr. Martsinovskiy worked for a while as a physician of the Infections Clinic of Pavlov Hospital (now City Hospital No. 4). During WWI he organised war medic teams who went to the front line to fight infection outbreaks in the troops. Dr. Martsinovskiy served as the Director of the Institute from the year of its foundation in 1920 (when it was known as the Institute of Protozoan Diseases and Chemotherapy) until his death in 1934. The Institute is responsible for eradicating malaria in the USSR, helping significantly decrease the incidence of beef tapeworm infection, ascariasis and trichocephaliasis, and introducing Russian-made antiparasitic medications into the medical practice. - 704 ul. Usacheva, 29, bldg. 8
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55.723636, 37.563085 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Signs on entrance doors
- The lowest entrance number
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Detailed answer
Answer: 38
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38
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737
Savvinskaya nab., 27
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55.731104, 37.558474 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Gable façade overlooking M. Savvinskiy per.
- Number of people depicted on the wall
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Detailed answer
Answer: 2
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2
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Historical background
A portrait of German writer Herman Hesse has been literally engraved on the wall of a dilapidated house in Savvinskaya naberezhnaya. The author, Alexandre Farto, a London-based artist originally from Portugal, creates his pictures with the help of a hammer and an electric drill. “Farto’s work is a great example of an unconventional approach to street art. His experience can help young Russian artists motivate themselves for continued development, constant creative searching, trying something new,” said Ivan Panteleev, curator of the Moscow Graffiti Festival. When he came up with this technique, Mr. Farto was met with public bewilderment: creating pictures with a drill, a hammer and a chisel was not a common sight. There are no other buildings in Moscow with graffiti in this technique.
- 746 ul. Usacheva, 3
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55.730122, 37.575831 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Advertising structure next to the building
- Cardinal directions on horizontal plates
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east west
- 803 Riddle
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55.728288, 37.555395 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- If three quarters of a century ago the road rules of Massachusetts had included a regulation requiring to make way for pedestrians, cyclists or other road users (except for vehicle drivers) on the highway, the tale in question would not have appeared, there would have been no local holiday dedicated to this tale, and no target object with the characters from this tale. Memorial plaque on the target object
- Third line of the English text
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Detailed answer
Answer: ON BEHALF OF
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ON BEHALF OF
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827
Riddle
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55.723823, 37.569879 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Looking at old maps one might think that it was not too pleasant to ride along this street. Fortunately, thanks to a Red Army commander who lived there, the situation has since improved.
- Year on the façade of house No. 5/9 in the target street
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1938
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Historical background
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842
Riddle
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55.721953, 37.5678 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- See pictures.
House No. 22 in the target street. Image above the door - What creatures are sitting on the bar and how many are there?
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Detailed answer
Answer: 4 or 5 (4+1) angels
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4 or 5 (4+1) angels
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872
Riddle
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55.729629, 37.58109 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- One hundred thousand hares of a certain ethnicity will prompt a toponym.
Thermometer on the wall of house No. 14.
- Number at the very bottom
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12
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Historical background
- 740 ul. Lva Tolstogo, 16
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55.733798, 37.58797 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Vehicle with the competition logo
- Signature of an official
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signature
Stage 2
- 708 Nashchekinskiy per., 8
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55.745769, 37.5986 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Façade of the building
- Who is holding the branch?
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Detailed answer
Answer: Unicorn
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Unicorn
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709
ul. Prechistenka, 32/1, bldg. 1
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55.740542, 37.590805 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Keystones above the ground floor windows
- Number of lion muzzles on the keystones
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Detailed answer
Answer: 4
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4
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Historical background
House No. 32 in Prechistenka — Okhotnikov’s House of the 18th-19th centuries, rebuilt soon after the fire of 1812. It was consequently rebuilt several times. In 1868-1917 the building housed Polyvanov Private Gymnasium for Men, famous for its liberal leanings. Representatives of Moscow elite sent their children to this school. Its famous students included V.S. Solovyov, V.Y. Bryusov (who was expelled from Kreiman’s Gymnasium for his atheism), Andrey Beliy, M.A. Voloshin, and world chess champion Aleksandr Alekhin. - 711 Preshistenskiy per., 6
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55.743549, 37.594791 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Façade
- Number of lion muzzles
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Detailed answer
Answer: 2
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2
- 715 Krymskiy bridge
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55.734281, 37.597591 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Plaque with information about the bridge from the side of Frunzenskaya naberezhnaya
- Sum of digits
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Detailed answer
Answer: 40
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40
- 722 Frunzenskaya nab., 8
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55.733308, 37.594829 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Fence of Travnikova garden in the courtyard. Wooden information board with a bird
- First hashtag
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Detailed answer
Answer: #savesad
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#savesad
- 723 4-iy Golutvinskiy per., 1/8, bldg. 5
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55.739325, 37.612445 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Façade of the building overlooking the lane
- Number of windows with paintings
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8
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724
Krymskaya nab., Muzeon Park
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55.735761, 37.608304 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Monument to Stalin by sculptor Merkurov. Information plaque.
Paragraph in English about the largest monument. - Last three words of the second line
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Detailed answer
Answer: geisha pink granite
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geisha pink granite
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Historical background
Merkurov became one of the first monument sculptors to receive regular commissions for statues of Lenin and Stalin. He created a large number of these monuments. He is the author of three of the most gigantic statues (a statue in Yerevan (49 metres with the pediment); one at the entrance to Moscow Canal, and one at the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition in Moscow). Art critics of his time reverently mentioned the Assyro-Babylonian grandeur of these behemoth monuments. The statues were all taken down during the Khrushchev Thaw.
- 797 M. Vlasyevskiy per., 7A
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55.746348, 37.59213 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Building exterior
- Number of five-pointed stars
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Detailed answer
Answer: 6
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6
- 809 Riddle
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55.744102, 37.606732 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- +103.5
-103.5
+495 (draft)
-2.4
+2.4
+103
Find two memorial plaques 50 metres south-east of the target object
- Sum of digits on one of the plaques
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Detailed answer
Answer: 33
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33
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852
Riddle
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55.744682, 37.596282 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- This photograph was taken on the day of one meeting. Their paths still cross.
- Number of lanterns inside the rotunda on the corner of the target roads
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Detailed answer
Answer: 12
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12
- 720 B. Vlasyevskiy per., 11
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55.746297, 37.590111 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- MCCME (Moscow Centre for Continuous Mathematical Education)
- Signature of an official
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Detailed answer
Answer: signature
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signature
Stage 3
- 705 B. Afanasyevskiy per., 33
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55.749235, 37.596926 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- North wall of the building
- Sign between the two words written in a language other than Russian
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Detailed answer
Answer: X
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X
- 714 Glazovskiy per., 10, bldg. 2
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55.743993, 37.585409 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Painting on the gable façade of the building
- Name of the female artist
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Detailed answer
Answer: Alice
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Alice
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733
corner of Smolenskaya nab. and Protochniy per.
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55.750038, 37.576643 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Tiles with poetry on the façade of the building. Poem by Dylan Thomas
- First word in the line which is repeated twice
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Detailed answer
Answer: And
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And
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Historical background
Unlike other poets of his age who had turned to realism, Thomas kept his bright, often fantasy-inspired images; in many ways his work had been close to the romantic tradition. His main sources of inspiration were the Welsh folklore and mythology, his childhood memories of rural Wales (his play, entitled “A Child’s Christmas in Wales”) is performed every Christmas eve on the radio to this day. His radio play, entitled “Under Milk Wood”, perhaps the most well-known work by Thomas, is dedicated to life in a small Welsh town.
- 735 Plotnikov per., 11
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55.745183, 37.588555 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Signpost next to the building
- Landmark 4 minutes away. Century of construction
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Detailed answer
Answer: XIX
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XIX
- 761 pr. Shlomina, 22/10
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55.749636, 37.580524 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Exterior design of the salon
- Number of scissors
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Detailed answer
Answer: 4
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4
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769
Filippovskiy per., 13, bldg. 2
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55.750014, 37.597908 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- West wall of the building
- Season in the painting
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Detailed answer
Answer: autumn
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autumn
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Historical background
The earliest of the names this street was known under is Protasyevskiy pereulok, named so after a local landlord. In the 16th century it was called Ikonnaya ulitsa (Icon Street) for the Office of Isography located here (“isography” is “icon painting” in Greek). A community of icon painters lived here. Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia Fillip had lived here as well. He initiated the construction of a church named after his heavenly patron, Philip the Apostle. When the Metropolitan rose against the brutality of Ivan the Terrible, he was murdered. Fillip was canonised in the mid-16th century. And although Filippovskiy pereulok (Philip Lane) was officially named after the church, people had always associated the name with the Metropolitan. In 1959 the street was renamed Aksakov pereulok in memory of writer Sergey Timofeevich Aksakov, who had rented an apartment in house No. 9 in this street in 1849-1851. It was there that he had held “Aksakov Saturdays” which were attended by literary figures of Moscow. The name Filippovskiy pereulok (Philip Lane) was returned in 1993.
- 778 Shubinskiy per., 2/3
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55.746542, 37.579937 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Plaque with the name of the school to the right of the entrance
- Bottom line
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Detailed answer
Answer: Off. 9
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Off. 9
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823
Riddle
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55.748311, 37.59132 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- You need a pattern on the railing adjacent to house No. 3, bldg. 2 in the lane with the target object
- Object in the left hand
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Detailed answer
Answer: sausage
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sausage
- 824 Riddle
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55.749935, 37.587833 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- "The Baron turned paler than the pallid Abadonna and then something terrible happened. Abadonna stepped in front of the Baron and for a second took off his spectacles. At that moment there was a flash and a crack from ... hand and the Baron staggered, crimson blood spurting from his chest and drenching his starched shirtfront and waistcoat."
Monument in the square with the house where the murder took place - Year on the monument
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Detailed answer
Answer: 1993
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1993
- 760 ul. Vozdvizhenka, 4/7, bldg. 1
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55.752692, 37.609718 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Moskva Bookstore
- Signature of an official
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Detailed answer
Answer: signature
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signature
Stage 4
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701
Romanov per., 4, bldg. 2
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55.75408, 37.609645 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Entrance to Timiryazev’s memorial flat
- Text on the lower plaque
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Detailed answer
Answer: EAST CAPITAL
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EAST CAPITAL
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Historical background
Alleya Romanov is a unique project that, when implemented, will create an entirely new public space on the former restricted access territory. A pedestrian zone which runs parallel to Mokhovaya ulitsa and Romanov pereulok, will connect Bolshaya Nikitskaya ulitsa and Vozdvizhenka ulitsa. The first part of Alleya Romanov was completed in December 2012. The project is expected to be fully completed by 2015. -
728
Leninskie gory, 1, bldg. 51
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55.697494, 37.540326 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Monument to Walt Whitman in front of the building
- Number of words beginning with the letter "F"
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Detailed answer
Answer: 6
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6
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Historical background
Quotes from Walt Whitman, a reformer of American poetry, “When one reaches out to help another, he touches the face of God.” “A man is a great thing upon the earth and through eternity, but every jot of the greatness of man is unfolded out of woman.” “We were together. I forgot the rest.” “Nothing endures but personal qualities.” “Character and personal strength — these are the only worthy acquisitions.” “What do you suppose will satisfy the Soul, except to walk free, and own no superior?” “This is the geologist, this works with the scalpel, and this is a mathematician. Gentlemen, to you the first honours always!” -
729
Intersection of Universitetskiy prospekt and prospekt Vernadskogo
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55.700257, 37.546999 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Commemorative stone marking to Simon Bolivar
- First word of the bottom line
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Detailed answer
Answer: colocada
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colocada
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Historical background
Simon Bolivar was a major figure in the history of South America. His name is surrounded with an aura of romanticism, heroism and self-sacrifice for the good of his homeland. Simon had played a significant role in the history of most countries on the continent. He headed independence movements in Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Columbia and Venezuela. Bolivar was the ideologist behind the liberation movement, a brilliant speaker and organizer. His military genius, however, needn’t be overestimated. His opponents were mostly untrained guerilla fighters. While he was not a brilliant strategist or tactician, Bolivar had had a very strong spirit, and had always seen all his undertakings to a victorious end.
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738
Aleksandrovskiy garden
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55.752713, 37.613955 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Information board about the bas-relief "Changing of the Guard" 40 metres north of Troitskiy bridge
- How many years before the first President was elected in 1990, was the Presidential Regiment created?
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Detailed answer
Answer: for 54 years
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for 54 years
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Historical background
The post of the President of the USSR was created on March 15, 1990 by the Congress of People’s Deputies of the USSR, and corresponding amendments were introduced into the Constitution of the USSR. Before then the top state official of the USSR was the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Mikhail Gorbachev was the first and only President of the USSR. -
835
Riddle
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55.693267, 37.538623 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- See image.
Find the monument dedicated to him in the square named in his honour. - Number of buttons
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Detailed answer
Answer: 5
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5
Routes finish
- 99 ul. Kosygina, 17, bldg. 7
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55.7027, 37.552471 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Concert Hall of the Moscow Young Pioneers Palace on Vorobyovy Gory