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Pulkovo meridian

Pulkovo meridian

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The Pulkovo meridian, which passes through the center of the main building of the Pulkovo Observatory and is at 30°19,6‘[citation needed] east of Greenwich, was the point of departure for all former geographical maps of Russia.[1]

The zero-point of the Pulkovo meridian in the Round hall of the Pulkovo observatory

This meridian was used as the reference in the Russian Empire before the Prime meridian (Greenwich).

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  1. [1]
    Zakatov, Petr Sergeevich (1962). A Course in Higher Geodesy: Spheroidal Geodesy and Fundamentals of Gravimetry and Practical Astronomy (2nd ed.). Israel Program for Scientific Translations. p. 343. Retrieved 5 March 2016.

59.7717°N 30.3261°E / 59.7717; 30.3261

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