Komsomolsk-on-Amur
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By Air
The city is served by Komsomolsk-on-Amur Airport (IATA: KXK, ICAO: UHKK).This medium-sized base has considerable tarmac space and an extended area of revetments.It handles medium-sized airliners.
By Train
The city is an important rail junction, situated at the end of a branch line from Khabarovsk to the Baikal Amur Mainline.A major railway junction with lines to Tynda, Sovetskaya Gavan on the BAM and Volochaevka-2 on the connecting branch (non-electrified) to the Trans-Siberian railway with stations in Komsomolsk-Sorting, Komsomolsk-on-Amur (passenger station) Dzemgi (refinery) and Komsomolsk-2 ( BAM).Earlier before the construction of a bridge across the Amur in 1975, the movement across the river towards the sea ports Sovetskaya Gavan and Vanino was carried out on the ferry (in winter on the ice), Komsomolsk - Pivan.Regular passenger traffic is carried toward Khabarovsk, on the company's train "Youth" and Tynda as well as train Beijing - Sovetskaya Gavan.
By Bus
With at least five major urban stops by the administration of intercity buses.From the bus station in the City Quay depart buses to villages Sunny, Selikhino, Pivan and cities Amursk, Birobidzhan and Khabarovsk.From the bus station on Lenin Avenue, 44 / 1 (near the technical university) depart buses message Komsomolsk-Khabarovsk (routes 301, 310).From the Palace of Culture "Builder" in the area to them.Lenin a shuttle bus to the village of Black Cape, Berry.From the train station a shuttle bus to the village Hurmuli.
By Ferry
Komsomolsk-on-Amur is the largest transportation hub with one of the largest river in the province of passenger and cargo ports.After opening the season the river navigation, river-boat station, Komsomolsk-on-Amur depart daily "meteors" to Khabarovsk and Nikolaevsk-na-Amur."Meteor" in the morning, before leaving in Nikolaevsk and in the evening after arriving there, makes the trip to the village Pivan.
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Palace of Culture aircraft manufacturers
Exhibition on the history of aircraft factory, including several displays of aircraft built at the factory, including the WWII IL-2 (Sturmovik), Korean war-era Mig-17 (Fresco), the modern SU-27 (Flanker) fighter-jet and the odd looking BE-103 (Snipe) amphibious plane.Access is tricky as it's only open to prearranged visits, which is not easy.Try contacting a tour agency, sometimes they can even arrange tours of the plant itself, but you'll need a healthy dose of luck for both.
Komsomolsk-on-Amur Museum
is a local museum.Covers both the area's ancient history with a archaeological and ethnographic collection, as well as the more recent history relating to the construction of the modern city by the Komsomol and BAM builders.There is also a small free open air tank museum outside with around 20 different tanks.
Metamoforza Gallery of Modern Art
Daily 12-19. In business since 2001, this small independent gallery covers 140 square meters and has around 20 changing exhibitions per year covering everything from graphics design, folk and traditional art over to the more experimental.They also organize a small art school for the local population.
Museum of Fine Arts
The ground floor is dedicated to Wehstern art, including some nice promgrafiki from Soviet tobacco manufacturers and a hall for temporary exhibitions.Upstairs is a nice collection of indigenous art, ritual sculptures, clothing, utensils and ornaments from the Narnaii's and other Amur estuary aboriginal peoples.There is also a collection of Chinese folk art.Foreigners: 20 rubles.
Monument to the crew of Rodiny
In a town with little in the way of attractions, this can count as one.This odd monument made out of the tail of a plane can make a good addition to your photo album.it's a monument to the pilots who perished saving the crew in a emergency landing in the Taiga, after their plane ran out of fuel during a record attempt for the longest flight back in the pioneering days of aeronautics.
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