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  • 1List of renamed cities and towns in Russia — Reasons for geographical renaming in Russia were *an especially large number of cities and towns were renamed in Russia after the October Revolution of 1917 *more renamings happened during the whole history of the Soviet Union due to political… …

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  • 2Lithuanian exonyms — Below is list of Lithuanian language exonyms for places in non Lithuanian speaking areas of Europe : Note that this list does not include place names whose only alteration is that the ending as has been appended to the local name (e.g. Dublinas… …

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  • 3Demidov (town) — Demidov ( ru. Демидов) is a town in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kasplya River at its confluence with the Gobza River. Geographic coordinates: coord|55|16|N|31|31|E|. Population: 8,400 (2005 est.); 8,786 (2002 Census).Demidov was… …

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  • 4Administrative divisions of Yaroslavl Oblast — *Cities and towns under the oblast s jurisdiction: **Yaroslavl (Ярославль) (administrative center) *** city districts : ****Dzerzhinsky (Дзержинский) ****Frunzensky (Фрунзенский) ****Kirovsky (Кировский) ****Krasnoperekopsky (Красноперекопский)… …

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  • 5Nikolay Pomyalovsky — Portrait of Pomyalovsky by Nikolay Nevrev 1860 Born April 23, 1835(1835 04 23) St. Petersburg, Russia Died October 17, 1863 …

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  • 6Blank family — The Blank family were a family of Jews who converted to Orthodox Christianity in the Russian Empire, mostly notable as the immediate maternal ancestors of Vladimir Lenin.Moshe (Dmitry) BlankMoshe Itzkovich Blank ( ru. Моше Ицкович Бланк) baptized …

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  • 7Demidov, Smolensk Oblast — For other places with the same name, see Demidov (inhabited locality). Coordinates: 55°16′N 31°31′E / 55.267°N 31.517°E / 55.267; 31.517 …

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  • 8OZERY — (Pol. Jeziory, Yid. Ozhor), town in Grodno oblast, Belorussian S.S.R. Formerly one of the royal estates where the magdeburg law applied, the town was later the property of Polish nobles. Jews are mentioned in Ozery in 1667 in the pinkas of the… …

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