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Biysk · Alexandria

Place · 1709 CE

Biysk

Also known as

Biejsk
Biisk
Biisk
Biisk
Biisk
Bijsk

Image illustrating Biysk — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Biysksee Wikimedia Commons

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birthplace ofAlexander Prokopyev1986 CE
birthplace ofAndrey Aleksandrov-Agentov1918 CE
place of death ofDonatas Malinauskas1869 CE
birthplace ofGenrikh Sapgir1928 CE

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