🌅 Pulkovo Heights

A view of the whole city from the south

The heights are the northern edge of the Izhora Upland; about 7,500–5,000 years ago the shore of the Littorina Sea was here.
The observatory stands on the highest point, Pulkovo Hill, about 75 m above sea level.
On 31 October (13 November) 1917 General Krasnov's troops advancing on Petrograd were defeated here.
On 13–23 September 1941 the Germans stormed the heights without success; until January 1944 the front line ran at their foot.
The "Pulkovo Frontier" memorial was erected in 1967 at the 20th kilometre of the Kiev Highway.

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