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LUZHNIKI / ЛУЖНИКИ
Not to be confused with Moscow Raceway - Moscow Ring - Moskva (14 km) - Moskva (1982) / Москва (1982) - Moskva (2005÷2006) / Москва (2005÷2006) - Moskva (2520 m) / Москва (2520 м) - Moskva, Kremlin / Москва, Кремль - Vorobyovy Gory / Sparrow Hills / Воробъевы Горы
Description  
Location Moskva / Москва́ - Moskva - Tsentralny / Central
Location Moscow, close to Luzhniki stadium (former Central Lenin Stadium) and on river Moscow bank, not far from Vorobyovy Gory circuit
Latitude - Longitude + 55°42'57"     + 37°33'12"
55.715833     37.553333
UTM Coordinates X = 409117.158  -  Y = 6175401.394  -  Zone 37U
Aerial photo / Map (*) Aerial photo / Map (*) OpenStreetMap  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Google Maps  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Bing Maps  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Flash Earth  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Wikimapia  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) New Kosmosnimki  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Yandex
Altitude AMSL 149 m - 489 ft
Inauguration 1965
Closing 2003
Designer  
Sources and links (Translation) (**)
(1) English ForumForum --> Europe --> More countries --> RUS - Russian Circuits [ENG]
(2) English forums.autosport.com (...)Autosport.com Bulletin Board --> The Nostalgia Forum --> Soviet racing
(3) Burkina Faso moscow-en.nakarte.ruCity map
(4) Burkina Faso ru.wikipedia.org (...)Wikipedia
(5) English www.milermeter.com/?r=4196555Track layout
(6) Burkina Faso www.ussr-autosport.ru/tracks/luzhniki.html

(*) NOTE: a complete and detailed view of the circuit can be found (if available) on Street View by Google Maps and/or Bird's Eye and 3D views by Bing Maps for Enterprise (former Microsoft Virtual Earth): both can be reached using their own link in Aerial photo / Map cell.

(**) For on-line not-English speaking sources, click on each small flag and you open the corresponding Google Translator page with automatic translation.

Luzhniki / Лужники
Description  
Years 1961÷1965
Direction Anticlockwise   Anticlockwise
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Street course
Inauguration 1965
Closing 1965
Last update of this page December 17th 2010
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length 3200  m 10499  ft 1.988  mi   (2)
length 3162  m 10375  ft 1.965  mi Calculated from aerial photo (*) (5)

Luzhniki / Лужники
Description Street track used for a Russian Touring race
Years 2003
Direction Anticlockwise   Anticlockwise
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Street course
Inauguration 2003
Closing 2003
Last update of this page June 24th 2007
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  
length 1600  m 5249  ft 0.994  mi   (2)

Luzhniki / Лужники
Description Track layout used suerly in 2006 and in 2008, I don’t know if it was used also in some more years
Years 2006?÷...
Direction  
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational  
Car Circuit  
Motorbike circuit  
Type Street course
Inauguration  
Closing  
Last update of this page April 5th 2011
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  

Comparison between Moscow circuits: Luzhniki, 1982 proposal, Kremlin Proposal and Vorobyovy Gory

Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)

See this track layout with Google Earth
(milermeter.com can be used in your browser, without installing anything; Google Earth is a program that must be installed in your computer)
(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)

Luzhniki 1961÷1965

Luzhniki 1961÷1965

Due to technical problems, temporarily it’s no longer possible to see the circuits on Google Maps embedded in the current page.
This feature will be restored as soon as I figure out how to do (any help would be appreciated!)

See this track layout with Google Earth - milermeter.com
(milermeter.com can be used in your browser, without installing anything; Google Earth is a program that must be installed in your computer)
(Map shown here above can show at the same time all eventual layouts drawn. If you want to see only some of them, please go to Google Maps or Google Earth, by clicking on its own link)

Luzhniki 2003

Luzhniki 2003


Updates
Date Track layout Years Description by Map by Thanks to Note
April 5th 2011   2006?÷... Guido de Carli   Lutz Huppenbauer Update Description
June 24th 2007     Guido de Carli     Update Description
October 19th 2004   1961÷1965 Guido de Carli     Update Description
November 12th 2003   2003 Guido de Carli     Update Description
July 12th 2003     Guido de Carli Guido de Carli   Update Description with map
July 11th 2003     Guido de Carli     Update Description
July 2nd 2003     Guido de Carli     New Description
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list
 
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