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Nizhny Novgorod · Alexandria

Place · 1221 CE

Nizhny Novgorod

Also known as

Alauz'lidn
Aşağı Novgorod
Gerkiy
Gor'kij
Gorki
Gorki

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in countryRussian Empire1721 CE
birthplace ofAleksandr Kolpovski1953 CE
birthplace ofAlexander Belavin1942 CE
birthplace ofAlexander Guskov1976 CE
birthplace ofAlexander Krein1883 CE

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