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Place · 1679 CE

Kurgan

Also known as

Carevo Gorodis̆c̆e
Ko'rgan
Ko`rgan
Koergan
Koergan
Koergan

Image illustrating Kurgan — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Kurgansee Wikimedia Commons

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in countryRussian Empire1721 CE
place of death ofAleksandr Aleksandrovich Blagonravov1933 CE
birthplace ofElena Temnikova1985 CE
birthplace ofIrina Mistyukevich1977 CE
containsStatue of Lenin at the Lenin Square in Kurgan1967 CE
birthplace ofVladimir Naydanov1972 CE
birthplace ofYevgeni Shurko1972 CE
birthplace ofYulia Savicheva1987 CE

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