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Proskorov (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 49 25 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 49.4167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 027 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 27.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Originated as Polish military fort; post raided by Cossacks mid-1600s; transferred to Russia by Second Partition of Poland in 1793; industrial activity includes engineering, food processing & consumer products; site of a technical institute. |
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| Khmel'nitskiy (preferred,C,V)
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| Chmel'nickij (C,V)
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| Khmelnitsky (C,V)
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| Khmelnytsky (C,V)
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| Proskorov (C,U,English-P)
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| פרוסקורוב (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Proskurov (H,V)
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............ | until 1954 |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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dates from late 1400s |
| city (C) |
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status given 1795 |
| regional capital (C) |
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