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Chernyakhovsk (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 54 36 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 54.6000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 021 48 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 21.8000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Angrapa River; formerly in E Prussia; taken by Soviet Union in 1945; noted for a 14th-cen. German castle, & chemical, tile & railroad industries. |
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| Chernyakhovsk (preferred,C,V,O,Russian (transliterated)-P)
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| Čern'achovsk (C,V)
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| Insterburg (C,O)
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| Černjahovsk (C,U)
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| Chernikovsk (C,U)
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| Chernyakhovskiy (C,U)
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| Chernyakovsky (C,U)
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| Wystruć (C,U)
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| Черняховск (C,U,Russian-P)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded ca. 1336 |
| city (C) |
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since 1583 |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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| seat (C) |
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