Voronezh from above

Slava Stepanov reports: Voronezh is the capital of the Chernozem region. The city is located in the south of the European part of Russia, 500 km from Moscow, on the banks of the Voronezh reservoir and the Don River. Voronezh is considered the birthplace of the Russian navy and the Soviet airborne assault. For the first time in the world, serial production of the passenger supersonic aircraft Tu-144 and the first Soviet wide-body aircraft Il-86 was launched in the city.

In 2012, Voronezh became the 15th millionaire city in Russia. In September 2016, Voronezh will celebrate its 430th anniversary.

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Voronezh was founded as a watch fortress in 1585.

In 1696, after the unsuccessful First Azov campaign, Peter I decided to create a navy and chose Voronezh as the place for its construction. Thus, from 1696 to 1711, 215 ships were built here - the city became the cradle of the Russian fleet.

The Voronezh reservoir is the largest in the Central Chernozem region.

Annunciation Cathedral.

The third largest Orthodox church in Russia and one of the highest Orthodox churches in the world.

The height of the temple itself is 85 meters, and its highest point is 97 meters.

The building of the South Eastern Railway Administration is one of the symbols of the city and an architectural monument of the Stalin era.

The height of the tower with a spire and a star at the top is 68 meters.

The tower, at a height of 55 meters, houses the largest clock in the city. They have been in business since 1956.

Revolution Avenue is the central street of Voronezh.

The length of the avenue is 2.3 km.

Cinema "Proletary".

Square of victory.

From July 7, 1942 to January 25, 1943 (212 days), the right-bank part of Voronezh was occupied by Nazi troops, that is, in fact, all this time the front line divided the city into two parts. During the war, 18,000 houses (92% of all residential buildings) were destroyed in Voronezh.

Stele with the Order of the Patriotic War of the first degree.

Voronezh State Puppet Theater "Jester".

As in the Moscow puppet theater. Obraztsova, there is a clock on the facade of the Voronezh Puppet Theater (although there are no opening windows here).

The building of the former Bristol Hotel (1910) is the first building in the city to have an elevator.

Soviet square.

Nikitin Square and "Utyuzhok" - a building at the intersection of Revolution Avenue and Pushkinskaya Street, one of the visiting cards of the city.

Koltsovsky square.

Lenin Square is the central square of the city.

Government of the Voronezh region.

City district administration.

The building of the Regional Council of Trade Unions (former hotel "Voronezh").

Plekhanovskaya street.

Voronezh State Opera and Ballet Theatre.

Stone Bridge - a "humped" bridge at the intersection of Karl Marx and Chernyshevsky streets.

Sunset.

Stalin's skyscraper at the Devitsky exit.

The house consists of three five-story buildings, the center of which is a ten-story tower with a four-story superstructure and a spire-shaped roof. The tower is the dominant feature of the nearby area and closes the prospect of Koltsovskaya and 20th anniversary of October streets.

Residential building at 82 Koltsovskaya Street. Also known as the residential building of the Ministry of Machine Tool and Tool Industry.

Engels street.

Admiralty Square.

Opened in 1996 in honor of the 300th anniversary of the Russian Navy. On the right, you can see the Assumption Admiralty Church and the Goto Predestination floating museum - a historical copy of the Russian battleship of the time of Peter the Great, the first Russian battleship and ship created without the participation of foreigners.

Ramada Plaza Hotel.

Voronezh railway station.

Building VGUIT (Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies).

The building was built in 1856 by the famous architect Ton. Among his most famous buildings are the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the Grand Kremlin Palace, the Moscow railway station in St. Petersburg and Leningradsky in Moscow.

BC Premier.

Intersection of Koltsovskaya and Plekhanovskaya streets. BC "Chizhov Galleries".

Chernivsky bridge.

Built in 1909, it has become one of the symbols of the city. During the war, the bridge was destroyed. The new Chernavsky Bridge was put into operation in 1959.

Residential complex "White sails". The VASO plant is visible in the background.

The roof of one of the shops of the Voronezh Joint-Stock Aircraft Company.

In various years, the enterprise mastered the production of the first domestic jet and turbojet bombers, the world's first supersonic passenger aircraft Tu-144, the first domestic wide-body airbus Il-86 and many other aircraft. Currently, the enterprise specializes in the production of Il-96 wide-body airbuses.

Parking of aircrafts of civil aviation.

The North Bridge is a two-level car and tram bridge across the Voronezh reservoir.

The bridge was laid with the prospect of building a high-speed tram in Voronezh. In the new master plan of Voronezh, a light metro (monorail) is supposed to be launched over the bridge. Since January 2008, the upper tier has been decommissioned due to the emergency condition of the tram tracks.

Vaugres bridge.

Voronezh CHPP-1 ("VoGRES").

Pyatnitskogo street, 65a. Degas Business Hotel.

Nikitinskaya street.

Street 25 October.

Silhouette of Voronezh.