Pulkovskiye Heights

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Pulkovskiye Heights (Russian: Пулковские высоты) is a chain of hills located to the south of Saint Petersburg. Runs to the south-west in the Izhorskaya Height direction. Altitude up to 73 m. A handy location of the heights was used during the civil war in 1918 - 1920 and the Great Patriotic War in Russia, e.g. in the battle of Leningrad. On the heights the Pulkovo Observatory is situated.

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