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Kirov (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 58 38 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 58.6333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 049 38 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 49.6333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Vyatka River; captured by Moscow in 1489 & later by Tatars; important trade center in 17th cen.; local handicrafts now replaced by metal & timber industries; revolutionary leader AI Herzen founded libray here during his exile ca. 1840s. |
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| Kirov (preferred,C,V,O)
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............ | since 1934 |
| Kirow (C,U)
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| Wjatka (C,U)
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| Киров (C,U,Russian-P)
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| Khlynov (H,V)
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............ | from 1181-1780 |
| V'atka (H,V)
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| Viatka (H,V)
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| Vjatka (H,V)
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| Vyatka (H,V)
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............ | from 1780-1934 |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Kirov (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by traders from Novogorod in 1181 |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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since 1780 |
| industrial center (C) |
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