Voronezh
Voronezh is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia, straddling the Voronezh River 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) from where it flows into the Don River.
Voronezh is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia, straddling the Voronezh River 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on the Southeastern Railway, which connects western Russia with the Urals and Siberia, the Caucasus and Ukraine, and the M4 highway (Moscow–Voronezh–Rostov-on-Don–Novorossiysk). In recent years the city has experienced rapid population growth, rising to 1,057,681 in the 2021 Census, up from 889,680 recorded in the 2010 Census, making it the 14th-most populous city in the country.
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Worth seeing in and around Voronezh
9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Voronezh State University
Voronezh State University is one of the main universities in Central Russia, located in the city of Voronezh. The university was established in 1918 by professors evacuated from the University of Tartu in Estonia.
1.8 km · university in Russia · Wikipedia - 02Tsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion
The Trade Unions Central Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Voronezh, Russia. It is currently used mostly for football matches by Russian First League side Fakel Voronezh.
500 m · football stadium · Wikipedia - 03Annunciation Cathedral
The Annunciation Cathedral in Voronezh, Russia, is one of the tallest Eastern Orthodox churches in the world. The existing five-domed building of the cathedral with an attached bell tower was erected between 1998 and 2009.
500 m · church in Voronezh, Russia · Wikipedia - 04Diocese of Voronezh
The Diocese of Voronezh is an eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church with its center in the city of Voronezh. It Combines parishes and monasteries in the Voronezh Oblast.
1.6 km · diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church · Wikipedia - 05Voronezh State Technical University
Voronezh State Technical University is a public university located in Voronezh, Russia. It was established in 1956.
2.5 km · Russian public university · Wikipedia - 06Voronezh State Opera
Voronezh State Theater of Opera was founded in 1870 in Voronezh. It tours as the State Ballet Theater of Russia since 1961.
1.4 km · opera house in Voronezh, Russia · Wikipedia - 07Voronezh State Pedagogical University
Voronezh State Pedagogical University is a public university located in Voronezh, Russia.
1.7 km · university in Voronezh · Wikipedia - 08Fakel
The Fakel Stadium is a soccer stadium in Voronezh, Russia. It was built on the site of the Fakel football stadium, which opened in 1986 and was for a long time owned by the Design Bureau of Chemical Automation.
4.9 km · football stadium in Voronezh, Russia · Wikipedia - 09Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies
Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies is a university in Voronezh, Russia
5.3 km · university · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Revolution Avenue
Prospekt Revolyutsii, or simply Prospekt (a Russian word for avenue) is the center of Voronezh's life.
- 02Goto Predestinatsia
Ship-museum, ship replica of first Russian ship of the line and the first ship of this rate built in Russia without any help from foreign experts.
- 03Annunciation Cathedral
The Annunciation Cathedral (finished in 2009, 4th tallest Orthodox church in the world, being topped by probably the largest cross in Europe; surrounded by a fence with Soviet symbols).
- 04Lenin Square
- 05Akatov
The monument Kitten from Lizyukova street.
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Things to do
Visit the Puppet Theater and the Kamerny (Russian for "chamber") Theatre.
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Where to eat
You can find an appropriate restaurant or fast-food, but (if you don't eat everything) it requires some time. If you need a supermarket in the center of the city, you may go to the Soviet style Utyuzhok, modern Poisk shopping center or Tsentrtorg supermarket in the midway between Utyuzhok and SERW.
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Getting to Voronezh
- Stations
- Voronezh I Railway station, 900 m · Pridacha Airport, 3.6 km
- Moscow → Voronezh466 km · quickest by road, 8h 46m · ₽1,870–2,490
- Saratov → Voronezh470 km · quickest by road, 9h 19m · ₽1,870–2,490
- Volgograd → Voronezh500 km · quickest by road, 10h 29m · ₽2,110–2,810
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Voronezh
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Voronezh. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe main station is Voronezh 1, but most of the trains going to the south via Voronezh stop only at Pridacha station, which has marshrutka connection with the city centre.
- Get aroundThe public transport includes buses, marshrutkas and a small number of trolley-buses.
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Next door to Voronezh
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