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| | Russia, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, Chernobyl, Novosibirsk, Nizhniy Novgorod, Jekaterinburg , Samara, Omsk, ... |
 | | Other major cities include Novosibirsk, the largest city in Siberia; Nizhniy Novgorod, the largest city on the Volga River and a major automotive and shipbuilding center; Yekaterinburg, the largest city in the Urals; and Samara, a commercial center of the middle Volga region and the primary refining center for the Volga-Urals oil fields. |
 | | Novgorod became a flourishing commercial state, which rose to a dominant position and in the 13th century was made the site of a major factory of the Hanseatic League. |
 | | The Swedes descended from the Baltic and sought to penetrate the territories of Novgorod. |
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