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Kronstadt (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 45 39 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 45.6500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 025 35 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 25.5833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was founded by Teutonic Knights in 13th cen.; became center of Saxon colony & marketplace for trade of cloth, weapons, metalwork & wax throughout Walachia & Moldavia; fortified against Turks in 15th cen.; German inhabitants lost their autonomy in 1876. |
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| Brașov (preferred,C,V)
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............ | name first documented in 1251 |
| Kronstadt (C,O,English-P)
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| Brassó (C,O)
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| קרונשטאט (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Brashov (H,V)
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| Orașul Stalin (H,O)
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............ | meaning "Stalin City," used 1950 - 1960 |
| Stalin (H,O)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
............ |
founded in 1211 |
| city (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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