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Novocherkassk (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 47 25 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 47.4167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 040 05 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 40.0833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located at confluence of Tuzlov & Aksay rivers; originally on Don River, but was moved to present site 1805; occupied by anti-Bolshevik White armies 1917-1920 & by Nazis 1942-1943; industries include electronics, locomotives, machine tools, & plastics. |
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| Novocherkassk (preferred,C,V,O,Russian (transliterated)-P)
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| Novočerkassk (C,V)
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| Novocherkask (C,U)
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| Nowotscherkask (C,U)
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| Nowotscherkassk (C,U)
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| Новочеркасск (C,U,Russian-P)
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| Cherkassy (H,V)
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| Starocherkasskaya (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded in 1805 |
| city (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| mining center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of the Don Cossacks from 1805 until early 20th cen. |
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