Gagarin
Russia /
Smolensk /
Gzhatsk, Gzhatsk /
World
/ Russia
/ Smolensk
/ Gzhatsk, Gzhatsk
, 1 km from center (Гагарин)
World / Russia / Smolensk
city, district center
Gagarin (Russian: Гага́рин) is a town in Smolensk Oblast, Russia. It is situated on the Gzhat River, 240 km north-east of Smolensk. Population: 28,789 (2002 Census).
Founded in 1719 as Gzhatsk (Гжатск), town status since 1776. In 1968 the town was renamed after Yuri Gagarin, the first cosmonaut, who was born in the adjacent village of Klushino in 1934.
Founded in 1719 as Gzhatsk (Гжатск), town status since 1776. In 1968 the town was renamed after Yuri Gagarin, the first cosmonaut, who was born in the adjacent village of Klushino in 1934.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gagarin,_Russia
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 55°32'52"N 34°59'23"E
- Moscow 125 km
- Domodedovo 169 km
- Tula 212 km
- Bryansk 247 km
- Ryazan 300 km
- Kursk 419 km
- Lipetsk 432 km
- Voronezh 486 km
- Stary Oskol 499 km
- Kharkiv 611 km
- ulitsa Stroiteley, 3а 0.2 km
- pereulok Pushkina, 5 0.4 km
- Zavodskaya ulitsa, 7 0.4 km
- Smolenskaya naberezhnaya, 28 0.6 km
- Smolenskaya naberezhnaya, 26 0.6 km
- Proletarskaya ulitsa, 42 1.5 km
- Proletarskaya ulitsa, 44 1.6 km
- Krasnoarmeyskaya ulitsa, 52 1.6 km
- Krasnoarmeyskaya ulitsa, 54 1.6 km
- brewery XP Brew 1.9 km