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Volgograd Oblast (oblast) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 49 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 49.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 044 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 44.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises lowlands of lower Volga and Don rivers; originally inhabited by Tatars, Khazhars, and Bulgars, and settled by Russians in mid-16th century; far northern portion once part Volga-German ASSR until dissolved in 1941. |
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| Volgogradskaya Oblast’ (preferred,C,V,O,Russian-P)
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| Volgograd (C,V,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Volgograd (Swedish)
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| Volgograd (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Volgogradskaya (C,V)
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| Volgograd oblast (C,O)
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| Волгоградская Область (C,V,Russian)
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| RS84 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Stalingrad Oblast (C,U)
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| Stalingradskaya Oblast’ (C,U)
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| Volgograd Oblast (C,U,English-P)
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| Oblast de Volgograd (C,U,French)
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| Volgogradin alue (C,U,Finnish)
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| Volgogradskaja oblast (C,U,Norwegian)
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| Wolgograd (C,U,German)
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| Волгоградская область (C,U,Russian)
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| Stalingrad (H,V)
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| oblast (preferred, C) |
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formed in 1936 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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