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Novosibirsk (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 55 04 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 55.0667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 083 05 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 83.0833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Ob River; developed with Trans-Siberian Railroad & became capital of Western Siberian region; became major industrial center when dismantled factories came from W after WW II; site of several universities, museums & a ballet theater. |
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| Novosibirsk (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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| Nowosibirsk (C,O)
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| נובוסיבריסק (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Гусевка (C,U,Russian-P)
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| Aleksandrovky (H,V)
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| Gusevka (H,V,Russian (transliterated)-P)
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| Novonikolayevsk (H,V)
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| Novonikolayevsky (H,V)
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............ | from 1895-1925 |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded as a construction settlement by Trans-Siberian Railway crews ca. 1890s |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| metallurgical center (C) |
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| power production center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| cultural center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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