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Stavropol'
Stavropol', Russia Voroshilovsk A territory and a city founded in 1777 as a military post with a name meaning ‘Town of the Cross’ from the Greek stavros ‘cross’ and polis. In 1935–43 it was renamed after Kliment Voroshilov † to mark his promotion to the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1935. It readopted its original name on the liberation of the Caucasus from the Germans in 1943. It was the former name for Tol′yatti
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Stavropol'." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Stavropol'." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Stavropol.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Stavropol'." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Stavropol.html |
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Stavropol
Stavropol , city (1989 pop. 318,000), capital of Stavropol Territory, S European Russia, on the Stavropol Plateau. It has machine-tool, wool, leather, grain milling, and food-processing industries. There are natural-gas fields in the area. Founded in 1777 as a Russian fortress, it was an important base for the subsequent Russian conquest of the Caucasus. The was called Voroshilovsk between 1935 and 1943. |
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"Stavropol." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Stavropol." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Stavropl.html "Stavropol." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Stavropl.html |
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