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Reading Russian Addresses

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ironzeppelin04 Frequent Guest Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 70 Location: USA	Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:45 am    Post subject: Reading Russian Addresses Ok, this may seem to be a really stupid question Is there a specific (or a easy) way of finding a place by its address. I finally found the street of an address on a map, the problem is that the road goes over a river and slighty changes direction. The other problem is that I cannot tell how big the street is (or the Cityfor that matter) on the map and I dont want to be walking around five miles in the wrong direction. I know that in Chicago, IL there is an easy way to do this. There is a starting point in the middle of the city with the intersection 0, 0. If the address is 700, based on the direction, it will be 7 streets away. Is there anything like this (or any other "code") for St. Petersburg?
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ironzeppelin04 Frequent Guest Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 70 Location: USA	Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 3:47 am    Post subject: Am I wrong with this, or is it confusing?
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greg222 VIP Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Posts: 599	Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:08 am    Post subject: Yeah, there's no easy way to tell. If the address includes the nearest metro station then that often helps. Otherwise, use this site: http://old.eatlas.ru/english/default.htm Which pinpoints the exact building on the map.
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ironzeppelin04 Frequent Guest Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 70 Location: USA	Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:30 am    Post subject: Great, That helps me a lot. Thanks!! The only thing is that it says it doesn't find the address, But I think I was able to find it on my own. One more question: In the address it gives the street name then two numbers ( Street #-#). What do those numbers mean? I read somewhere that there are suppose to be three, (I think... street number - building number - apartment number) but this one only has two and I don't if I even read it right.
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Tantuss Frequent Guest Joined: 02 Sep 2006 Posts: 19	Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:22 pm    Post subject: I prefer to use this map: http://www.kartaspb.ru/ Or you can also search the address on www.yandex.ru Than go to the map.. Works also very good.
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bjoer751 Just Starting Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 4 Location: Sweden, Linköping	Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 10:30 pm    Post subject: ironzeppelin04 wrote: One more question: In the address it gives the street name then two numbers ( Street #-#). What do those numbers mean? I read somewhere that there are suppose to be three, (I think... street number - building number - apartment number) but this one only has two and I don't if I even read it right. If there is only two numbers, it's usually street/house number first, and apartment number after.
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