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Nizhny Novgorod

Nizhny Novgorod (Roushie: Нижний Новгород), colloquially shortened tae Nizhny, is, wi the population o 1,250,600, the fift lairgest ceety in Roushie, rankin efter Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, an Yekaterinburg.[7] It is the economic an cultural centre o the vast Volga-Vyatka economic region, an the admeenistrative centre o Nizhny Novgorod Oblast an Volga Federal Destrict an aw.

Nizhny Novgorod

Нижний Новгород
Ceety o oblast significance[1]
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Nizhny Novgorod is located in Roushie
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Nizhny Novgorod is located in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
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Nizhny Novgorod (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast)
Coordinates: 56°20′N 44°00′E / 56.333°N 44.000°E / 56.333; 44.000Coordinates: 56°20′N 44°00′E / 56.333°N 44.000°E / 56.333; 44.000
KintraRoushie
Federal subjectNizhny Novgorod Oblast[1]
Foondit1221[2]
Ceety status syne1221[3]
Govrenment
 • BodiCeety Duma[4]
 • Head[6]Oleg Sorokin[5]
Area
 • Total410.68 km2 (158.56 sq mi)
Elevation
200 m (700 ft)
Population
 • Total1,250,615
 • Estimate 
(2018)[8]
1,259,013 (+0.7%)
 • Rank5t in 2010
 • Density3,000/km2 (7,900/sq mi)
 • Caipital oNizhny Novgorod Oblast[1]
 • Urban okrugNizhny Novgorod Urban Okrug[9]
Time zoneUTC+3 (Moscow Time Edit this on Wikidata[10])
Postal code(s)[11]
in the 603000–603999 range
Dialin code(s)+7 831[3]
Ceety DaySeicont Sunday o September[12]
Twin tounsEssen, Linz, Philadelphia, Novi Sad, Minsk, Jinan, Matanzas, Suwon, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Sukhumi, Győr, Bălți, Dobrich, Heraklion, Hefei, Simferopol, BarcelonaEdit this on Wikidata
OKTMO ID22701000001
Websitewww.admgor.nnov.ru

Frae 1932 tae 1990, the ceety wis kent as Gorky (Го́рький, IPA: [ˈɡorʲkʲɪj]),[13] efter the writer Maxim Gorky who wis born thare.

The ceety is an important economic, transport an cultural centre o the Roushie Federation.

Admeenistrative an municipal status

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Nizhny Novgorod is the admeenistrative centre o the oblast.[14] Athin the framewirk o admeenistrative diveesions, it is, thegither wi ane resort dounset an twal rural localities, incorporatit as the ceety o oblast significance o Nizhny Novgorod—an admeenistrative unit wi the status equal tae that o the destricts.[14] As a municipal diveesion, the ceety o oblast significance o Nizhny Novgorod is incorporatit as Nizhny Novgorod Urban Okrug.[15]

Ceety layoot an diveesions

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State Bank o Nizhny Novgorod biggit in 1913

Nizhny Novgorod is dividit bi the Oka River intae twa distinct pairts. The Upper Ceety (Roushie: Нагорная часть, Nagornaya chast) is locatit on the hilly eastren (richt) bank o the Oka. It includes three o the aicht ceety destricts intae which the ceety is admeenistratively dividit:

The Lawer Ceety (Roushie: Заречная часть, Zarechnaya chast) occupees the law (wastren) side o the Oka, an includes five ceety destricts:

Aw o the day's lawer ceety wis annexed bi Nizhny Novgorod in 1929–1931.

Demografics

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  • Population (Jan 2009): 1,272,599 [16]
  • Births (2008): 12,969
  • Daiths (2008): 20,757

Climate

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The climate in the region is continental, specifically humid continental (Dfb) an it is seemilar tae the climate in Moscow, awtho caulder in winter, which lasts frae late November till late Mairch wi a permanent snaw kiver. Average temperaturs ranges frae +19 °C (66 °F) in Julie tae −9 °C (16 °F) in Januar.


Climate data for Nizhny Novgorod
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record heich °C (°F) 5.5
(41.9) 		7.0
(44.6) 		17.3
(63.1) 		26.3
(79.3) 		32.5
(90.5) 		36.3
(97.3) 		38.3
(100.9) 		38.0
(100.4) 		31.0
(87.8) 		24.2
(75.6) 		13.2
(55.8) 		8.5
(47.3) 		38.3
(100.9)
Average heich °C (°F) −5.9
(21.4) 		−5.3
(22.5) 		1.2
(34.2) 		10.9
(51.6) 		18.7
(65.7) 		22.6
(72.7) 		24.7
(76.5) 		22.1
(71.8) 		15.7
(60.3) 		8.0
(46.4) 		−0.5
(31.1) 		−4.6
(23.7) 		9.0
(48.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) −8.9
(16.0) 		−8.7
(16.3) 		−2.6
(27.3) 		6.1
(43.0) 		12.9
(55.2) 		17.2
(63.0) 		19.4
(66.9) 		16.9
(62.4) 		11.1
(52.0) 		4.7
(40.5) 		−2.8
(27.0) 		−7.4
(18.7) 		4.8
(40.6)
Average law °C (°F) −11.6
(11.1) 		−11.7
(10.9) 		−5.8
(21.6) 		2.1
(35.8) 		7.9
(46.2) 		12.6
(54.7) 		14.8
(58.6) 		12.6
(54.7) 		7.6
(45.7) 		2.1
(35.8) 		−4.8
(23.4) 		−9.9
(14.2) 		1.3
(34.3)
Record law °C (°F) −41.2
(−42.2) 		−37.2
(−35.0) 		−28.3
(−18.9) 		−19.7
(−3.5) 		−6.9
(19.6) 		−1.8
(28.8) 		5.1
(41.2) 		0.9
(33.6) 		−5.4
(22.3) 		−16.0
(3.2) 		−29.4
(−20.9) 		−41.4
(−42.5) 		−41.4
(−42.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 47
(1.9) 		38
(1.5) 		37
(1.5) 		36
(1.4) 		46
(1.8) 		76
(3.0) 		73
(2.9) 		69
(2.7) 		61
(2.4) 		64
(2.5) 		55
(2.2) 		55
(2.2) 		657
(25.9)
Average rainy days 4 3 5 12 15 18 16 16 17 17 10 6 139
Average snawy days 27 22 16 6 1 0.1 0 0 0.4 7 18 25 123
Average relative humidity (%) 85 81 75 65 62 70 71 75 79 82 86 85 76
Mean monthly sunshine oors 40.0 77.1 146.1 203.8 278.3 289.6 290.1 239.4 152.2 81.3 38.5 24.4 1,860.9
Source #1: Pogoda.ru.net[17]
Source #2: Weatherbase (sun only)[18]

Economy

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Information technologie

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Nizhny Novgorod is ane o the centres o the IT Industry in Roushie. It ranks amang the leadin Roushie ceeties in terms o the quantity o software R&D providers. Intel haes a big software R&D centre wi mair nor 500 ingineers in the ceety, as well as a major datacentre. In Nizhny Novgorod thare is a nummer o affshore ootsourcin software developers an aw, includin Itseez, Tecom, Luximax Systems Ltd. Archived 2011-11-26 at the Wayback Machine, MERA Networks, RealEast Networks, Auriga, SoftDrom Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine, an Teleca Archived 2013-02-10 at the Wayback Machine, an mony ither smawer anes that specialise in deliverin services tae telecommunication vendors.

Thare are twinty-five scienteefic R&D institutions focusin on telecommunications, radio technologie, theoretical an appleed pheesics, an thirty-three heicher educational institutions, amang them are Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, Nizhny Novgorod State University, Nizhny Novgorod Technical University, as well as Nizhny Novgorod Institute o Information Technologies (umwhile MERA Networks trainin centre), that focuses on information technologies, software development, seestem admeenistration, telecommunications, cellular netwirks, Internet technologies, an IT management.

Nizhny Novgorod haes been chosen as ane o fower steids for biggin an IT-orientit technologie pairk—a special zone that haes an established infrastructur an enjoys a favorable tax an customs policy.

Ingineerin industrie

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The ingineerin industrie is the leadin industrie o Nizhny Novgorod economy. It is mainly orientit towards transportation, i.e., the auto industrie, shipbiggin, diesel iengines, aircraft manufactur, an machine tuils, wi the auto industrie bein the leadin sector (50%). Lairgest plants include:

  • JSC "Gorky Automobile Plant" - personal caurs, larries, armored personnel carriers, an ither autos;
  • JSC "Krasnoye Sormovo" - river an sea ships, submarines;
  • JSC "Sokol" - airplanes, jets;
  • JSC "Hydromash"- hydraulic actuators, landin gears
  • JSC "Nitel" - TV sets;
  • JSC "RUMO" - diesel generators;
  • JSC "Krasny yakor" - anchor chains;

Transportation

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Nizhny Novgorod Cableway
 
Metro brig
 
Riverside terminal

Railwey

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The Gorkovskaya Railroad, a Russian Railways depairtment which operates some 5,700 kilometer (3,500 mi) o rail lines throuout the Middle Volga region an 1,200 kilometer (750 mi) in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, is heidquairtered in Nizhny Novgorod. Syne 1862, thare is an railwey connection atween Nizhny Novgorod an Moscow.[19] Owernicht trains provide access tae Nizhny Novgorod frae Moscow, Saunt Petersburg, Kazan, Yaroslavl an ithers. Syne Dizember 2002, a fast train transports passengers atween Nizhny Novgorod an Moscow in less nor five oors. Ane can continue frae Nizhny Novgorod eastwaird alang the Trans-Siberian Railway, wi direct trains tae major ceeties in the Urals an Siberie, as well as tae Beijing, Pyongyang, an Ulan-Bator.

The first heich-speed rail Sapsan train tae Moscow] (Kursky Rail Terminal) an Saunt Petersburg (Moskovsky Rail Terminal) wis launched on 30 Julie 2010.[20]

Suburban commuter trains (elektrichka) connect Nizhny Novgorod wi Vladimir, Dzerzhinsk, Murom, Kirov, Arzamas, Zavolzhye, Balakhna, an ithers.

Airport

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The Nizhny Novgorod Internaitional Airport haes direct flichts tae major Roushie ceeties, as well as tae Frankfurt (five flichts a week bi Lufthansa), Dubai, Prague. The air base Sormovo wis an important militar airlift facility, an Pravdinsk air base wis an interceptor aircraft base durin the Cauld War. S7 Airlines, UTair Aviation goes tae Moscow's Domodedovo an Vnukovo Airports daily.

Waterweys

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Nizhny Novgorod is an important centre o Volga cargo an passenger shippin. In the simmer, cruise vessels operate atween Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow, Saunt Petersburg, an Astrakhan. In 2006 a sma nummer o Meteor-class hydrofoils resumit operations on the Volga river.

Heich-gates

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The ceety is servit bi Roushie heich-gate M-7 (Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod – Kazan – Ufa), an is a hub o the regional heich-gate netwirk.

Public transportation

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Public transportation athin the ceety is providit bi a sma subwey seestem (Nizhny Novgorod Metro), tramways, marshrutkas (routit taxis), buses, an trolleybuses. Electric an diesel commuter trains run tae suburbs in several directions.

Free shuttle buses run frae several pynts in the ceety tae the MEGA shoppin complex, which opened in October 2006 in Fedyakovo, a few kilometres tae the east o the Nizhny Novgorod ceety line.[21]

Aerial tramway

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The Nizhny Novgorod Volga Aerial Tramway frae Nizhny Novgorod tae Bor athort Volga river, wis opened in 2012.

Main sichts

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Hintle o the ceety dountoun is biggit in the Roushie Revival an Stalin Empire styles. The dominatin featur o the ceety skyline is the grand Kremlin (1500–1511), wi its reid-brick touers. Efter Bolshevik devastation, the anerlie auncient edifice left athin the kremlin waws is the tent-lik Archangel Cathedral (1624–31), first biggit in stane in the 13t century.

Cultural featurs

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Planetarium an circus

Thare are mair nor sax hunder unique historic, airchitectural, an cultural monuments in the ceety.

Thare are aboot twa hunder municipal an regional airt an cultural institutions athin Nizhny Novgorod. Amang thir institutions thare are aicht theatres, five concert haws, ninety-seiven libraries (wi branches), seiventeen movie theatres (includin five movie theatres for childer), twinty-five institutions o childer optional eddication, aicht museums (saxteen includin branches), an seiven pairks.

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The airt gallery in Nizhny Novgorod is a lairge an important airt gallery an museums o human history an cultur.

Nizhny Novgorod haes a great an extraordinary airt gallery wi mair nor 12,000 exhibits, an enormous collection o wirks bi Roushie airtists sic as Viktor Vasnetsov, Karl Briullov, Ivan Shishkin, Ivan Kramskoi, Ilya Yefimovich Repin, Isaak Iljitsch Lewitan, Vasily Surikov, Ivan Aivazovsky, thare are greater collections o wirks bi Boris Kustodiev an Nicholas Roerich an aw, no anerlie Roushie airt is pairt o the exhibition it include an aw a vast accumulation o Wastren European airt lik wirks bi David Teniers the Younger, Bernardo Bellotto, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Pieter de Grebber, Giuseppe Maria Crespi, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, an lot mair.

Feenally what maks this gallery extremely important is the amazin collection Russian avant-garde wi wirks bi Kazimir Malevich, Wassily Kandinsky, Natalia Goncharova, Mikhail Larionov an sae on. Thare is collection o East Asie airt an aw.

Hooses o wirship

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Pechersky Ascension Monastery
 
New Fair Cathedral (Alexander Nevsky Cathedral)
 
Savior (Auld Fair) Cathedral

Ither notable laundmerks are the twa great medieval abbeys. The Pechersky Ascension Monastery featurs the austere five-domit cathedral (1632) an twa rare kirks surmoontit bi tent ruifs, datin frae the 1640s. The Annunciation monastery, likwise surroondit bi strang waws, haes anither five-domit cathedral (1649) an the Assumption kirk (1678). The anerlie private hoose preservit frae that epoch umwhile belangit tae the merchant Pushnikov.

Thare can be little dout that the maist oreeginal an delichtful kirks in the ceety wur biggit bi the Stroganovs in the nascent Baroque style. O thir, the Virgin's Nativity Kirk (1719) graces ane o the central streets, whareas the Kirk o Oor Lady o Smolensk Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine (1694–97) survives in the umwhile veelage o Gordeyevka (nou, pairt o the ceety's Kanavinsky Destrict), whaur the Stroganov palace ance stuid.

Ither notable kirks include:

Thare is a mosque in Sennaya Square an aw, whaur the Muslim populations o the ceety go for Friday prayers, Islamic activities an activities which are organisit bi the mosque. Thare is a sma shop tae buy halal meats an aw. Maist o the Muslims in this ceety are Tatars.

The centrally locatit Nizhny Novgorod Synagogue wis biggit in 1881-1883; disuised during the Soviet era, it wis renovated an reopened ca. 1991.

Ither

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A singular monument o industrial airchitectur is a 128-metre-heich open-wirk hyperboloid touer biggit on the bank o the Oka near Dzerzhinsk as pairt o a pouerline river crossin bi the eminent ingineer an scientist Vladimir Shukhov in 1929.

A staircase connectin the Kremlin wi the Volga river affers a panoramic view o the surroondins. The staircase itsel wis constructit in the late 1940s bi German preesoners o war forcit tae labor aroond Gorky.

Education

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Nizhny Novgorod is hame tae the follaein educational facilities:

Thare are twinty research institutes locatit in the ceety an aw.

Sports

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The ceety ice hockey team Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod play in the KHL. The ceety is representit at fitbaa bi FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod which plays in the Roushie Premier League. FC Nizhny Novgorod plays in the Roushie First Diveesion. The ither fitbaa team frae Nizhny Novgorod, FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod which haed played in the Roushie Premier League an Intertoto Cup became defunct in 2006. The ceety field hockey team are HC Stairt. The ceety bandy team Stairt plays in the heichest diveesion o the Roushie Bandy League.[24] In 2002 thay reached the feenal against Vodnik. Baith matches wur played in Arkhangelsk due tae wairm wather. Efter that a new arena, wi an airtificial ice an a capacity o 20079, wis biggit.[1]

Internaitional relations

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Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Roushie

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

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Nizhny Novgorod is twinned wi:

Climate

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The climate in the region is continental, specifically humid continental (Dfb) an it is seemilar tae the climate in Moscow, awtho caulder in winter, which lasts frae late November till late Mairch wi a permanent snaow kiver.


Climate data for Nizhny Novgorod (1971 - 2000)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record heich °C (°F) 5.5
(41.9) 		7.0
(44.6) 		17.3
(63.1) 		26.3
(79.3) 		32.5
(90.5) 		36.3
(97.3) 		38.3
(100.9) 		38.0
(100.4) 		31.0
(87.8) 		24.2
(75.6) 		13.2
(55.8) 		8.5
(47.3) 		38.3
(100.9)
Average heich °C (°F) −6.6
(20.1) 		−5.7
(21.7) 		0.7
(33.3) 		10.5
(50.9) 		17.4
(63.3) 		22.5
(72.5) 		23.4
(74.1) 		21.2
(70.2) 		14.8
(58.6) 		6.9
(44.4) 		−1.1
(30.0) 		−4.6
(23.7) 		8.3
(46.9)
Average law °C (°F) −13.0
(8.6) 		−12.2
(10.0) 		−6.3
(20.7) 		2.3
(36.1) 		7.6
(45.7) 		12.5
(54.5) 		14.1
(57.4) 		11.9
(53.4) 		6.8
(44.2) 		1.2
(34.2) 		−5.8
(21.6) 		−10.3
(13.5) 		0.7
(33.3)
Record law °C (°F) −41.2
(−42.2) 		−37.2
(−35.0) 		−28.3
(−18.9) 		−19.7
(−3.5) 		−6.9
(19.6) 		−1.8
(28.8) 		5.1
(41.2) 		0.9
(33.6) 		−5.4
(22.3) 		−16.0
(3.2) 		−29.4
(−20.9) 		−41.4
(−42.5) 		−41.4
(−42.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 40
(1.6) 		33
(1.3) 		28
(1.1) 		36
(1.4) 		52
(2.0) 		64
(2.5) 		76
(3.0) 		67
(2.6) 		57
(2.2) 		59
(2.3) 		56
(2.2) 		50
(2.0) 		618
(24.3)
Source: Pogoda.ru.net[17]

Notes

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  1. ↑ a b c Order #1-od, Article 3.2
  2. ↑ Charter of Nizhny Novgorod, Article 1.2
  3. ↑ a b c Offeecial wabsteid o Nizhny Novgorod. Owerview o the ceety Archived 2017-05-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Roushie)
  4. ↑ Charter of Nizhny Novgorod, Article 26.1.1
  5. ↑ Official website of Nizhny Novgorod. Vadim Yevgenyevich Bulavinov, Head of the Administration of Nizhny Novgorod Archived 2012-02-16 at the Wayback Machine (in Roushie)
  6. ↑ Charter of Nizhny Novgorod, Article 26.1.2
  7. ↑ a b Invalid reference parameter
  8. ↑ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Roushie Federal State Stateestics Service. Retrieved 23 Januar 2019.
  9. ↑ Resolution #670, Urban Okrugs, Item 1
  10. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Roushie). 3 Juin 2011. Retrieved 19 Januar 2019.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  11. ↑ Russian Post. Postal Code Search Archived 2009-09-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Roushie)
  12. ↑ Charter of Nizhny Novgorod, Article 2.2
  13. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named PrevName2
  14. ↑ a b Law #184-Z
  15. ↑ Law #205-Z
  16. ↑ "НТА-Приволжье :: В Н.Новгороде в 2008 году уровень смертности превысил рождаемость в 1,6 раза – Нижегородстат" (in (in Roushie)). Nta-nn.ru. Retrieved 1 Juin 2010.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  17. ↑ a b "Pogoda.ru.net" (in Russian). Weather and Climate (Погода и климат). Retrieved 13 December 2012.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link) Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "pogoda" defined multiple times wi different content
  18. ↑ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia". Weatherbase. Archived frae the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  19. ↑ ["[https://web.archive.org/web/20120620194250/http://www.nnov-airport.ru/rus/nizhniy_novgorod_wokzal.html Archived] 2012-06-20 at the [[Wayback Machine]][[Category:Webarchive template wayback airtins]] Train Station in Nizhny Novgorod (in Roushie)[[Category:Airticles wi Roushie-leid freemit airtins]]". Archived frae the original on 20 Juin 2012. Retrieved 10 Januar 2013. freemit airtin in |title= (help); URL–wikilink conflict (help) Archived 2012-06-20 at the Wayback Machine Train Station in Nizhny Novgorod (in Roushie)]
  20. ↑ "Russian Railways Sapsan to Nizhny Novgorod press release". Archived frae the original on 24 Juin 2010. Retrieved 10 Januar 2013.
  21. ↑ "How to get to MEGA". Archived frae the original on 12 December 2007. Retrieved 10 Januar 2013.
  22. ↑ http://www.nntu.sci-nnov.ru/nstu.html Archived 2010-03-29 at the Wayback Machine
  23. ↑ http://www.vvags.ru/ Archived 2012-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
  24. ↑ Video frae a gemme in the Roushie Cup against Zorky frae Krasnogorsk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhwJxkrosd4
  25. ↑ "List of Twin Towns in the Ruhr District" (PDF). © 2009 Twins2010.com. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 28 November 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2009. freemit airtin in |publisher= (help)

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