The Road of Life
Russia /
Leningrad /
Priladozhskiy /
World
/ Russia
/ Leningrad
/ Priladozhskiy
, 35 km from center (Приладожский)
World / Russia / Leningrad
UNESCO World Heritage Site, historical layer / disappeared object, Great Patriotic War
The Road of Life (Russian: Дорога жизни, doroga zhizni) was the transport route across the frozen Lake Ladoga, which provided the only access to the besieged city of Leningrad in the winter months during the Great Patriotic War. The road forms part of the World Heritage Site Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments.
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The Road of Life is one of the cultural sites of the UNESCO World Heritage numbered 540-036b (resolution of ICOMOS № 540, adopted at the session of UNESCO at 7-12 December 1990, Banff, Canada).
whc.unesco.org/en/list/540/multiple=1&unique_number=635
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The Road of Life is one of the cultural sites of the UNESCO World Heritage numbered 540-036b (resolution of ICOMOS № 540, adopted at the session of UNESCO at 7-12 December 1990, Banff, Canada).
whc.unesco.org/en/list/540/multiple=1&unique_number=635
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_of_Life
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 60°9'33"N 31°18'19"E
- Museum of Road of Life building 13 km
- Foermer Petrovskaya hotel 28 km
- Footbridge 28 km
- ул. Кирова, 3 29 km
- Снесенный жилой дом (Пролетарская ул., 54в) 29 km
- Снесённый дом (Пролетарская ул, 52) 29 km
- Снесённый дом (Пролетарская ул. 55) 29 km
- Mga Margine 40 km
- Snow road 57 km
- Сплавная ул. 6 62 km
- Karyedzhi islands 6.5 km
- Karedzhskaya spit 12 km
- Tsyornaya Satama bay 12 km
- Pesotsky Nos cape 14 km
- Chyornaya bay 15 km
- Lednevskiy Island 16 km
- Cemetery 17 km
- Shlisselburgskaya bay 18 km
- Schuchye lake 20 km