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Explore Yurtysh in Russia

Yurtysh in the region of Tatarstan is a place in Russia - some 438 mi or ( 705 km ) East of Moscow , the country's capital city .

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Time in Yurtysh is now 04:22 AM (Monday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Moscow " with a UTC offset of 4 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Yuvas, Yoshkar-Ola, Ul'yanovsk, Ucheykino, and Saransk. Since you are here already, consider visiting Yuvas . Where to go and what to see in Yurtysh ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Sumka River

The Sumka is a river in Zelenodolsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, a left-bank tributary of the Volga River. Its length is 37 kilometers and its drainage basin is 250 square kilometers . It origins near Gremyachy Klyuch and falls to the Kuybyshev Reservoir, Volga, forming the western border of Vasilyevo, Tatarstan. The river valley comes through the Raifa section of the Volga-Kama Reserve. There the Sumka passes several major lakes, the biggest being Raifa lake.

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Located at 55.98 48.97 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Rivers of Tatarstan

Sea Eye Lake

The Mushyl lake (Mari: Мӱшыл йер, Müšyl Jer), nicknamed the Sea Eye (Russian: Морской Глаз, Morskoy Glaz) is a minor karst lake in Shariboksad, Volzhsky District, Mari El, Russia. Located at the foot of the hill its bright green water is extremely deep (38.5 m) compared to the surface area (45x50 m).

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Located at 56.16 48.76 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Geomorphology, Karst, Lakes of Mari El, Landforms

2008 Kazan gas explosion

The Kazan gas explosion occurred on January 9, 2008, destroying an entire corner of a three-story khrushchyovka-style apartment building on Malaya Pechyorskaya Street in the Aviastroitelny District of Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. The explosion took place at 0:28 a.m. local time. The blast destroyed 12 apartments and killed ten residents, including one woman who died of blast-related trauma in a hospital after being rescued from the rubble. Additionally, two were non-fatally wounded.

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Located at 55.87 49.10 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: 2008 in Russia, 2008 industrial disasters, 21st-century explosions, Explosions in Russia, Gas explosions, Kazan

Gruzinsky (settlement)

Gruzinsky is a settlement in Zelenodolsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, situated 15 kilometers east of Zelenodolsk, the administrative center of the district. The village is located on the Kazan–Zelenodolsk road. Gruzinsky's population was 75 in 1989 and 66 in 2000; mostly ethnic Russians and Chuvash people. It was founded in 1925.

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Located at 55.86 48.73 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: Rural localities in Tatarstan

V. P. Engel'gardt Astronomical Observatory

The V. P. Engel'gardt Astronomical Observatory (Russian: Астрономическая обсерватория им. В. П. Энгельгардта; also known simply as the Engelhardt Observatory), is located 20 km west of Kazan, Russia. It has IAU observatory codes 136. The co-ordinates are about {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:55|50|23|N|48|48|45|E| | |name= }}.

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Located at 55.84 48.81 (Lat./Long.); Less than 24 km away
Tags: Astronomical observatories in Russia