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Azov (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 47 06 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 47.1000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 039 26 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 39.4333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Don River, E of Sea of Azov; first major known city in area; changed hands & renamed several times; controlled by Genoese 13th cen.; captured by Ottoman Empire 1471 & by Peter the Great 1696; Russian possession since Belgrade Treaty 1739. |
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| Azov (preferred,C,V,O,Russian-P)
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| Asow (C,O)
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| Asoff (C,U)
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| Азов (C,U,Russian)
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| Asovia (H,O)
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| Assovium (H,O)
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| Azak (H,V)
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| Tana (H,O)
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| Tanais (H,O)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Azov (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by Greeks as colony of Tanais ca. 6th cen. BC |
| town (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| fish-processing center (C) |
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| seat (C) |
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