Zhukovskiy Air Base (Gromov Flight Research Institute) (Zhukovsky)

Russia / Moskovskaja Oblast / Ramenskoye / Zhukovsky
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M. M. Gromov Flight Research Institute (Russian: Лётно-исследовательский институт имени М. М.Громова Russian: ЛИИ), founded on March 8, 1941, having the longest runways in Europe at 5,403 m, covering an area of 2.5 million square meters , is an important Russian aircraft test base and scientific research center located in Zhukovsky, 40 km south-east of Moscow.

Mikhail Gromov was its first chief.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gromov_Flight_Research_Institute
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Coordinates:   55°33'11"N   38°9'16"E
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