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    Staraya Russa (Russian: Старая Русса, IPA: [ˈstarəjə ˈrusːə]) is a town in Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Polist River, 99 kilometers (62 mi)...
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    its establishment # City # City # City 1. St. Petersburg 12. Narva 23. Staraya Rusa 2. Beloozero 13. Olonets 24. Toropets 3. Bezhetskoy Verkh 14. Opochek...
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    Soviet Union, he served as an officer in the Red Army near Moscow and Staraya Rusa. In 1943, with the establishment of the Polish Armed Forces in the Soviet...
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    oldest trading routes passing through Rus'. Staraya Russa was first mentioned in the 1167 chronicle as Rusa. The area belonged to the Novgorod Republic...
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    earlier Proto-Norse form roðz (rothz). Other theories such as derivation from Rusa, a name for the Volga, are rejected or ignored by mainstream scholarship...
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