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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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