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ID: 7014758
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7014758

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Biysk (inhabited place)  Biysk (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 52 35 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 52.5833  decimal degrees
Long: 085 16 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 85.2667  decimal degrees

Note: Located on right bank of Biya River; linked by highway to Mongolia; economy based of food-processing & engineering.

Names:
Biysk (preferred,C,V)
Bijsk (C,V)
Biisk (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Rossija (nation)  ........  Rossija (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Altayskiy Kray (kray)  ............  Altayskiy Kray (kray) (P)
Hierarchy of Biysk (inhabited place)  ................  Biysk (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded as a fortress in 1709
town (C)  ............  since 1782

Sources and Contributors:
Biisk..........  [VP]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 247
Bijsk..........  [VP]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 247
Biysk..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 29
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 247
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 29
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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