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R'azan' (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 54 38 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 54.6333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 039 44 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 39.7333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Oka River; original town lay downstream on Proyna River; sacked by Tatars 1237, 1372 & 1378 & by Moscow 1371; seat of princedom in 11th & 15th cen.; noted for medieval architecture & many oil-refineries & petrochemical plants. |
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| R'azan' (preferred,C,V)
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| Riazan' (C,V)
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| Rjazan' (C,V)
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| Rjasan' (C,V)
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| Ryazan (C,V)
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| Ryazan' (C,O)
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| Ryazan’ (C,U,O)
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| Riazan (C,U)
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| Rjasan (C,U)
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| Рязань (C,U,Russian-P)
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| Pereyaslavl-Ryazan (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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R'azan' (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled in 1095 |
| city (C) |
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since 1778 |
| regional capital (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| petroleum refining center (C) |
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