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Yaroslavl (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 57 34 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 57.5667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 039 52 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 39.8667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Important post on Volga river trade route during Middle Ages; sacked by Tatars 1238, by Ivan I Kalita 1332; taken by Novgorod 1371; one of nation's major textile centers since 18th cen.; noted for many churches & nation's oldest theater (1750). |
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| Yaroslavl (preferred,C,V)
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| Jaroslavl' (C,V)
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| Yaroslavl' (C,V)
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| Jaroslawl (C,V)
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| Iaroslavl (C,V)
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| Yaroslavl’ (C,U,O)
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| Jaroslavl (C,U)
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| Ярославль (C,U,Russian-P)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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legend maintains city was founded in 1010 by Yaroslav the Wise, but documentation dates from 1071 |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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since 1777 |
| industrial center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| cultural center (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of the independent Yaroslavl principality from 1218 until taken over by Moscow in 1463; of the Russian Empire from March to July of 1612 |
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