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Novocherkassk

Novocherkassk , city (1989 pop. 188,000), SE European Russia, on the Aksai River (the right tributary of the Don). It manufactures locomotives, machine tools, mining and building equipment, and chemicals. Founded in 1805, it remained the administrative center of the Don Cossacks until 1920. Novocherkassk was the site of the hetman's palace and has a Don Cossack historical museum.

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Novocherkassk, Rostov/Russia ‘New Place of the Cherkess (Circassians)’. Because of flooding, the original town, Cherkassk, was moved in 1805 to its present location. When the building of New Cherkassk was complete, Cherkassk was renamed Starocherkassk ‘Old Place of the Cherkess’.

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	Bloody Saturday in the Soviet Union: Novocherkassk, 1962.(Book Review) Magazine article from: The Historian; 6/22/2003
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	Novocherkassk Locomotive Works, a subsidiary of Transmash Holding, has awarded a 22 million [euro] contract to Bombardier Transportation to supply electrical and traction equipment for nine dual-voltage asynchronous EP10 electric passenger locomotives.(Russia) Magazine article from: International Railway Journal; 1/1/2004

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