1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Pulkovo

PULKOVO, or Pulkowa, a village of Russia, in the government of St Petersburg, 10 m. S. of the city of St Petersburg. Pop. 2000. It contains the Pulkovo observatory, on a hill 248 ft. high, in 59° 46' 18" N. and 30° 19' 40" E. It was built in 1833-1839.

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