Kiev Planetarium
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Coordinates: 50°25′53″N 30°31′00″E / 50.43139°N 30.5166667°E
Kiev Planetarium (previously Republican Planetarium; Ukrainian: Київський планетарій) in Kiev, Ukraine is one of the largest planetaria in the CIS (former Soviet states). Opened on January 1, 1952 by the initiative of the scientist-astronomer Serhiy Vsekhsviatskiy (1905–1984), the planetarium has a dome of 23.5 meters in diameter, and seats 320 people.
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- (Russian) Kiev Planetarium – official website
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