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09.11.2004 - Norilsk
Norilsk , city (1989 population 175,000), Krasnoyarsk Territory, Nothern Siberian Russia. The northernmost major city of Russia and the world’s second largest city (after Murmansk) above the Arctic Circle, Norilsk is the center of a region where nickel, copper, cobalt, platinum, and coal are mined. A railroad ...
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03.11.2004 - Tula
Tula, city (1991 population 545,000), capital of Tula region, Nothern central European Russia, on the Upa River, a tributary of the Oka. It is an important rail and highway hub and a manufacturing city of the Moscow industrial region. Russia’s oldest metallurgical center, it also produces heavy and light mach ...
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01.11.2004 - Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk, city (1989 population 1,142,000), capital of Chelyabinsk region, W Siberian Russia, in the southern foothills of the Urals and on the Mias River. It also lies on the Trans-Siberian RR. One of the major metallurgical and industrial centers of Russia, Chelyabinsk produces steel, zinc, metal alloys, ...
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30.10.2004 - Rostov-na-Donu
Rostov on the Don, city (1989 population 1,019,000), capital of Rostov region and the administrative center of the North Caucasus district, South Eastern European Russia, on the Don River near its entrance into the Sea of Azov. It is a major port and rail hub and an important industrial, cultural, and scienti ...
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29.10.2004 - Kursk
Capital city, economic and cultural centre of Kursk oblast (region), western Russian Federation, on the banks of the River Seim, and bordered on the west by Ukraine population (1996 est) 442,000. It has engineering, chemical, textile, and light industries, and is an important railway junction. Kursk and the ...
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28.10.2004 - Yakutsk
Capital, economic and cultural centre of the Republic of Sakha (formerly Yakutia), eastern Siberia, Russian Federation population (1996 est) 191,000. It is situated on the left bank of the middle Lena. The city has saw-milling, leather and shoe, and food-processing industries. Yakutsk was founded in 1632 by ...
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26.10.2004 - Kaliningrad
City and port in western Russia population (1995 est.) 926,400. Industries include shipbuilding, fisheries, engineering, and paper manufacture. The port of Kaliningrad remains ice-free throughout the year as well as being an important commercial centre, it is also the principal base of the Russian Baltic flee ...
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25.10.2004 - Arkhangelsk
Port in the north of the Russian Federation, capital of Archangelsk oblast population (1990) 419,000. Situated on the Northern Dvina River, it is Russia’s chief timber-exporting port, and the centre of a rapidly growing mineral extraction industry (oil drilling and diamond mining). Formerly blocked by ice for ...
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22.10.2004 - Moscow
This article is dedicated to the history of Moscow — the capital of Russia and the biggest city in the country. Those who get to the Russian capital on business or en route try to schedule some time to have a look at the city. Moscow is often called the ‘most Russian’ of all Russian cities. According to the ...
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22.10.2004 - Krasnoyarsk
Krasnoyarsk is an administrative centre of the Krasnoyarsk Krai (or region), which is one of the biggest industrial and cultural centres as well as an important transport hub in East Siberia. The city lies on the banks of the Yenisei River — one of the biggest Eurasian rivers. The population of the city is 87 ...
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