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Ulyanovsk
Ulyanovsk, Russia · Europe
About Ulyanovsk
Ulyanovsk sits on the route: 25 minutes from Isheyevka.
Ulyanovsk is in Russia, with about 630,000 people. The nearest town is Isheyevka, about 13 km away.
Ulyanovsk, known as Simbirsk until 1924, is a city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River 705 kilometers (438 mi) east of Moscow. Ulyanovsk has been the only Russian UNESCO City of Literature since 2015.
The city was the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin (born Ulyanov), forRead more
whom it was renamed after his death in 1924; and of Alexander Kerensky, the leader of the Russian Provisional Government which Lenin overthrew during the October Revolution of 1917. It is also famous for its writers such as Ivan Goncharov, Nikolay Yazykov and Nikolay Karamzin, and for painters such as Arkady Plastov and Nikas Safronov.
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Ulyanovsk is in Ulyanovsk, Russia, about 13 km from Isheyevka.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 626,540
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Russia
- Region
- Ulyanovsk
- Timezone
- Europe/Ulyanovsk
- Coordinates
- 54.3282, 48.3866
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