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      🏛 Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory

      ул. Карбышева, 7

      Russia's oldest meteorological institution — it has worked in Lesnoy, on Karbysheva Street, since 1942.

      Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory
      © Anastasiya Lvova · CC BY-SA 4.0
      • The observatory was founded by Nicholas I's decree of 1 April 1849, at first on Vasilievsky Island.
      • Under its director Heinrich Wild, uniform observation times and Celsius degrees were introduced at the stations.
      • The observatory moved to the Karbysheva building in 1942.
      • It was named after the climatologist Alexander Voeikov for its centenary, in 1949.

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