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Yekaterinburg (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 56 52 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 56.8667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 060 35 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 60.5833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in E foothills of Urals; one of nation's most important industrial centers, producing machinery, turbines & chemicals; infamous as execution site of Czar Nicholas II & his family 1918; site of many universities & scientific research institutions. |
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| Yekaterinburg (preferred,C,V,O,Russian (transliterated)-P)
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............ | used 1723-1924, reinstated in 1991; named after Catherine I, wife of Peter the Great |
| Ekaterinburg (C,V,Russian)
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| Jekaterinburg (C,V)
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| Sverolovsk (C,U,Russian)
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| Екатеринбург (C,U,Russian-P)
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| Sverdlovsk (H,V,Russian)
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............ | used 1924-1991 |
| Swerdlowsk (H,V)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded as a fort & metallurgical center by Peter the Great in 1721 |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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