Why this ride
An 87 km round trip from Shushary - roughly 1 h 24 in the saddle. On the way it passes Tallinskoe Highway, Kievskoe Highway and back through Tallinskoe Highway.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk and Kievskoe Highway
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 87 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 24
- 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
Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk → Tallinskoe Highway
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 18 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 22 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk
Pavlovsk station has a story that every Russian railway enthusiast can tell. The line from Saint Petersburg to Tsarskoye Selo opened in the late 1830s, the first public railway in the country, and it was soon extended to Pavlovsk, where a grand station building became a place of concerts and summer entertainment. Johann Strauss the younger came to conduct there in the nineteenth century, and the rich of the capital rode out in their finery to hear him. The railway still runs, though the trains are electric and the concert hall has long gone quiet.
Read the complete Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk is where the day begins. Next is Tallinskoe Highway.
2. Tallinskoe Highway
Not every historic road is a pretty one, and the Tallinn highway on the south-western edge of St Petersburg is not trying to win prizes for charm. It is, however, one of the old imperial routes out of the capital, the road toward Narva and Reval, today's Tallinn, and as such it forms part of the UNESCO listing of the historic centre of St Petersburg and its related monuments, which includes the network of roads tying the city to its palaces and estates. Along it, the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries planted suburban residences, military camps and post stations.
Read the complete Tallinskoe Highway write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Tallinskoe Highway comes up about 22 km into the recorded legs. Next is Kievskoe Highway.
3. Kievskoe Highway
South of Saint Petersburg, the flat, damp plain of Ingria runs off towards Pskov and the old western frontier, and the Kievskoe Highway is the road that heads that way, the route to Kyiv that gave it its name.
Read the complete Kievskoe Highway write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 48 km into the recorded legs you reach Kievskoe Highway. Next is back through Tallinskoe Highway.
4. back through Tallinskoe Highway
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Tallinskoe Highway write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Tallinskoe Highway, late in the day. Next is Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk.
5. Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk to Tallinskoe Highway
Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk → Tallinskoe Highway is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tallinskoe Highway to Kievskoe Highway
Tallinskoe Highway → Kievskoe Highway is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Kievskoe Highway to back through Tallinskoe Highway
Kievskoe Highway → back through Tallinskoe Highway is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Tallinskoe Highway to Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk
back through Tallinskoe Highway → Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.