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Astronomical station at North Caucasus of Kazan Federal University

Arkhyz, Russia

The V. P. Engel'gardt Astronomical Observatory, also known simply as the Engelhardt Observatory, is located in the village of Oktyabrsky, Zelenodolsky District, Tatarstan (about 20 kilometers west of Kazan). Its observatory code is 136. The co-ordinates are about 55°50′23″N 48°48′45″E. It was founded by Dmitry Dubyago and Vasily Engelhardt. In 2023 the Astronomical Observatory of Kazan University and the Engelhardt Observatory were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List (although ICOMOS did not recommend inscribing them).

Observatory data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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