Why this ride
345 km from Krasnoye Selo to Krasnoye Selo, about 5 h 29 of riding. On the way it passes Fort «Totleben», The Road of Life and back through Fort «Totleben». The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Dudergof and The Road of Life
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 345 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 29
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 70 km this is Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 70 km
- Named road
- Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Dudergof
South-west of St Petersburg, the flat land of the Neva lowland rises unexpectedly into a pair of wooded hills, the Duderhof heights, the highest ground for many kilometres around. Their name comes from Finnish, and they have long been a landmark, used for military observation since the eighteenth century and as a summer retreat for the people of the capital. In the nineteenth century, the imperial army held its summer manoeuvres around nearby Krasnoye Selo, and the officers' villas and parade grounds became part of the social life of St Petersburg.
Read the complete Dudergof write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Dudergof is where the day begins. Next is Fort «Totleben».
2. Fort «Totleben»
Eduard Totleben was the engineer who held Sevastopol in the Crimean War, and the Russian navy named a fort after him in the ring of defences that guards Saint Petersburg from the sea. Fort Totleben, along with its neighbour Fort Peter I, belongs to the northern line of fortifications built on shoals in the Gulf of Finland, in the nineteenth century, to protect the approaches to Kronstadt and the capital.
Read the complete Fort «Totleben» write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Fort «Totleben» comes up about 70 km into the recorded legs. Next is The Road of Life.
3. The Road of Life
On the south-eastern shore of Lake Ladoga, east of Saint Petersburg, a road ends at the water. This is the start of the Road of Life, the supply route across the ice that kept Leningrad alive during the siege of 1941 to 1944. The siege lasted 872 days, from September 1941 to January 1944, and it cut the city off from nearly everything except the lake. In the first winter, when Ladoga froze, trucks and horse-drawn sledges began to cross the ice with food and fuel, and on the return journey they carried out women, children and the sick. Lorries broke through the ice, and bombing and artillery attacked the route, but it kept going.
Read the complete The Road of Life write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 189 km into the recorded legs you reach The Road of Life. Next is back through Fort «Totleben».
4. back through Fort «Totleben»
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort «Totleben» write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Fort «Totleben», late in the day. Next is Dudergof.
5. Dudergof
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Dudergof write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Dudergof. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Dudergof to Fort «Totleben»
Dudergof → Fort «Totleben» is 70 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort «Totleben» to The Road of Life
Fort «Totleben» → The Road of Life is 119 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
The Road of Life to back through Fort «Totleben»
The Road of Life → back through Fort «Totleben» is 85 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Fort «Totleben» to Dudergof
back through Fort «Totleben» → Dudergof is 71 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.