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Rostov-na-Donu (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 47 14 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 47.2333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 039 42 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 39.7000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on lower Don River; long important as trade link from E to W Russia; fortress of St. Dmitry stood here 1761-1763; town merged with Armenian city of Nakhichevan-na-Donu late 18th cen.; nation's largest producer of agricultural machinery. |
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| Rostov-na-Donu (preferred,C,V,O,Russian (transliterated)-P)
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| Rostov-on-Don (C,O,Russian)
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| Rostov (C,U,Russian-P)
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| Rostow (C,U,Russian)
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| Rostow Am Don (C,U,Russian)
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| Ростов-на-Дону (C,U,Russian)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded as a customs post of Temernika in 1749 |
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| port (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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