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    Velikiye Luki (Russian: Вели́кие Лу́ки, IPA: [vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪjə ˈlukʲɪ]; lit. great meanders or longbows) is a town in Pskov Oblast, Russia, located on the...
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    The Battle of Velikiye Luki, also named Velikiye Luki offensive operation (Russian: Великолукская наступательная операция), started with the attack by...
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    Velikiye Luki Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Великие Луки) (IATA: VLU, ICAO: ULOL) is a suspended airport in Russia located 7 km (4.3 mi) northeast of Velikiye...
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  • FC Luki-Energiya Velikiye Luki (Russian: «Луки‑Энергия» (Великие Луки)) is a Russian football team from Velikiye Luki. It played professionally from 1997...
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    The siege of Velikiye Luki was one of the battles of Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory. It took place between 1 and 5 September 1580, and ended in...
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    56°20′N 30°32′E / 56.333°N 30.533°E / 56.333; 30.533 Velikiye Luki Oblast (Russian: Великолукская область, Velikolukskaya oblast) was an oblast (a...
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  • Saint Petersburg (6) v Dynamo Saint Petersburg (4) Pskov (5) v Luki-Energiya Velikiye Luki (4) Universitet Ulyanovsk (5) v Orgenergostroy Dimitrovgrad (5)...
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  • positions northeast of the city of Velikiye Luki for much of the year. For distinguishing itself during the Battle of Velikiye Luki in late 1942 and early 1943...
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  • Particularly, it helped lead the 3rd Shock Army in the battle and siege of Velikiye Luki. By late October 1945, the division had been transferred to the Turkmen...
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    Velikoluksky, and Loknyansky Districts, as well as of the city of Velikiye Luki, of Pskov Oblast and Kholmsky, Poddorsky, Starorussky, and Parfinsky...
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    August 1941) Battle of Krichev and Gomel (9–20 August 1941) Battle of Velikiye Luki (22–27 August 1941) Prior to the German attack, the Soviets launched...
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    1942) by the forces of the Kalinin Front and Western Front Battle for Velikiye Luki (24 November 1942 – 20 January 1943) by 3rd Shock Army of the Kalinin...
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  • singer/songwriter. Velikiye Luki, a city in the southern part of Pskov Oblast, Russia. FC Luki-SKIF Velikiye Luki, a Russian football team from Velikiye Luki Luki (crater)...
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  • involved in the Battle of Velikiye Luki in January–March 1943. The 3rd Air Army supported both the Rzhev/Sychevka and the Velikiye Luki operations, but then...
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  • Victory II: Velikiye Luki and V for Victory III: Market Garden three-plus and four stars, respectively. A third reviewer criticized Velikiye Luki and Market...
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  • V for Victory: Velikiye Luki is 1992 computer wargame developed by Atomic Games and published by Three-Sixty Pacific. It is part of the V for Victory...
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  • Market-Garden 1993 Atomic Games Three-Sixty Pacific V for Victory: Velikiye Luki 1992 Atomic Games Three-Sixty Pacific Valhalla 1989 Norsehelm Production...
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  • White Death, subtitled "Velikiye Luki, The Stalingrad of the North", is a board wargame published by Game Designers Workshop (GDW) in 1979 that is a strategic...
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    then part of the Russian Empire), or, according to other sources, in Velikiye Luki, Rokossovsky served in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I...
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  • in the struggle for the freedom and independence of the Motherland". Velikiye Luki was conferred the status of "City of Military Glory" by President Medvedev...
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    was particularly useful. It is notable for its use in mass raids on Velikiye Luki in 1944, one of the late-war heavy bombing efforts by the Luftwaffe...
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    kilometers (1,140 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Velikiye Luki (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population:...
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    The Velikiye Luki State Academy of Physical Education and Sports (Velikie Luki SAA; Russian: Великолукская государственная академия физической культуры...
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  • were grouped into Velikiye Luki Okrug with the center in Velikiye Luki. The following districts have been established in Velikiye Luki Okrug, Bologovsky...
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    February 1943, in the battle to recapture village of Chernushki, near Velikiye Luki, currently in Loknyansky District, Pskov Oblast, the Soviet forces struggled...
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  • to Kalinin Front and played an important role in the liberation of Velikiye Luki during the winter, primarily in helping to block several attempts to...
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    transferred to the 3rd Shock Army in December 1942, during the Battle for Velikiye Luki, arriving at the front along the Lovat River on the 24th, and immediately...
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  • Estonian Rifle Corps it fought its first battle for the besieged city of Velikiye Luki during December 1942/January 1943, securing the victory at considerable...
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  • State Polytechnic Institute, the Technical College of Construction in Velikiye Luki, Pskov College of Construction and Economics, and Pskov Industrial Technical...
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    across the towns of Krasnogorsk, Istra, Volokolamsk, Zubtsov, Rzhev, Velikiye Luki, and Sebezh, ending up at the state border. It passes Moscow, Tver,...
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