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  Info and facts on 'Kirov'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Kirov (Ки́ров) is a city in eastern European Russia (A federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state), on the Vyatka River (additional info and facts about Vyatka River), capital of Kirov Oblast (additional info and facts about Kirov Oblast).
Geographical location Kirov is a station on the Trans-Siberian railway (additional info and facts about Trans-Siberian railway) west of the Ural Mountains (A mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia).
Kirov was also the name of two Soviet cruiser (A large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer) and battlecruiser (additional info and facts about battlecruiser) classes.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ki/kirov.htm   (248 words)

  
 Vyatka Intercom :: Internet cafe in Kirov :: About city   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Kirov - formerly (until 1934) Vyatka, or Viatka, city and administrative centre of Kirov oblast (province), western Russia, on the Vyatka River.
The city was founded as Khlynov in 1181 by traders from Novgorod and became the centre of the “Vyatka Lands,” settled by Russians in the 14th to the 15th century.
In 1934 the city was renamed for the Soviet official Sergey M. Kirov.
kirov.cybercafe.ru /english.htm   (283 words)

  
 kirov
Kirov kan betrekking hebben op: Dit is een doorverwijspagina, bedoeld om onderscheid te maken tussen de verschillende betekenissen en gebruiken van de term Kirov.
Kirov kan betrekking hebben op: Kirov (oblast Kirov), een stad in Rusland.
Till the Twentieth Congress of the CPSU the general understanding of the international communist movement on the death of S.M. movement on the death of S.M. Kirov in 1934 was as indicated in the 'History of the...
www.nieddu.biz /russia/kirov+.cgi   (836 words)

  
 Kirov --  Encyclopædia Britannica
city and administrative centre of Kirov oblast (province), western Russia, on the Vyatka River.
The Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow and the Kirov in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) were famous throughout the world.
She started with the Kirov Ballet, defected to the West in 1970, and thereafter performed primarily with the American Ballet Theatre, though she appeared as a guest...
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9045632?tocId=9045632   (674 words)

  
 Vanadzor on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
A rail center and a major chemical producer, it also manufactures textiles and foodstuffs.
In 1935 the city was renamed Kirovakan, after Sergey Kirov.
The city was devastated by the Armenian earthquake of Dec., 1988.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/V/Vanadzor.asp   (299 words)

  
 Trans-Siberian Way - Our Thanks
Bronnikov Mikhail (Kirov) - sent more than 80 photos of Kirov city and its environs, pictures of trains and locomotives.
Also he gave for the site scanned timetable of Perm-Kotlass line from 1899, timetable of Transsib north and South Uralian ways from 1928, historical photo series from museum of Lyangasovo depot, many interesting exhibits for Transsib Museum.
Repeatedly he sent new interesting links for Cities and Towns of Transsib.
www.transsib.ru /Eng/thanks.htm   (4453 words)

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