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    Zhizdra (Russian: Жи́здра) is a town and the administrative center of Zhizdrinsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Zhizdra River 180...
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  • Zhizdra is a town in Zhizdrinsky District of Kaluga Oblast, Russia. Zhizdra may also refer to: Zhizdra (river), a river in Kaluga Oblast, Russia This disambiguation...
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    The Zhizdra (Russian: Жиздра) is a river in Kaluga Oblast in Russia, a left tributary of the Oka. The length of the river is 223 kilometres (139 mi)....
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    The Battle of Rzhev in the summer of 1942 was part of a series of battles that lasted 15 months in the center of the Eastern Front. It is known in Soviet...
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  • transferred to 16th Army and took part in an abortive offensive toward Zhizdra, after which it was rebuilt for the summer offensive against Army Group...
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  • 11 March 1943, Khrushchev's plane, a YaK-7B fighter, was shot down near Zhizdra and he was presumably killed. The pilots of his squadron saw his plane...
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  • formed in the spring of 1942. The corps received its baptism of fire in the Zhizdra-Bolkhov Offensive during the summer and spent the fall in reserve. In early...
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    border of Oryol and Kaluga Oblasts Orlovskoye Polesye National Park Bryansk-Zhizdra Polesie (Брянско-Жиздринское Полесье) is a forest area with about 1% swamps...
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    (right) on a Soviet postage stamp Born (1934-07-13) 13 July 1934 (age 90) Zhizdra, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Status Retired Nationality Soviet Occupation...
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    tributaries of the Oka are, from source to mouth: Zusha (right) Upa (right) Zhizdra (left) Ugra (left) Protva (left) Nara (left) Lopasnya (left) Besputa (right)...
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    Spas-Demensk ridge. To the south is an outwash plain that is part of the Bryansk-Zhizdra woodlands, with average elevation up to 200 m. From north to south, Kaluga...
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  • troupe at the front and the song was composed under artillery fire at Zhizdra. Among those who have recorded the song are Muslim Magomayev, Ivan Rebroff...
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  • the southwestern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Zhizdra. At the time of the Russian Empire Census of 1897, Zhizdrinsky Uyezd had...
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    Nikolaevich Chekrygin (Russian: Василий Никoлаeвич Чeкpыгин; January 19, 1897, Zhizdra, Kaluga Oblast - June 3, 1922, the station Mamontovka, Moscow region) was...
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    through the demarcation line between the 211th and 293rd divisions on the Zhizdra River and steamed towards Karachev, right behind them and behind Orel....
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    administrative center of Kozelsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Zhizdra River (a tributary of the Oka), 72 kilometers (45 mi) southwest of Kaluga...
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    Bryansk and Karachev, at the end of March 1238 went to the Kozelsk on the Zhizdra River. At that time the city was the capital of the Principality at the...
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  • Zhigulyovsk Жигулёвск Samara Oblast Zhirnovsk Жирновск Volgograd Oblast Zhizdra Жиздра Kaluga Oblast Zhukov Жуков Kaluga Oblast Zhukovka Жуковка Bryansk...
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    of Zhizdra. Population: 10,089 (2021 Census); 10,593 (2010 Census); 11,725 (2002 Census); 13,737 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Zhizdra accounts...
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    southern parts of Pskov and Tver) Transitional group A (Mosalsk, Kozelsk, Zhizdra, Karachev, Sevsk, Rylsk) Central (Belgorod, Kursk, Oryol) Transitional...
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    of Zhizdra 38♠ 20 August 1943 05:40 Il-2 m.H. southeast of Achtyrka 5 24 February 1943 09:48 Il-2 PQ 35 Ost 44252 15 km (9.3 mi) north of Zhizdra 39♠...
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    16th Army of the Western Front fought sustained defensive battles on the Zhizdra river southwest of Sukhinichi. Exhausting the German troops and inflicting...
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    Oryol, and Kaluga Oblasts in Russia. The river is a right tributary of the Zhizdra, and its total length is 133 kilometers (83 mi) with a drainage basin of...
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    region (southwest of Moscow) and includes the valleys of the rivers Ugra, Zhizdra, Vyssa and Oka. The park's highlights include the Optina Monastery and...
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  • Юхновский район town of Yukhnov 12696 Zhizdrinsky District Жиздринский район town of Zhizdra 10593 Zhukovsky District Жуковский район town of Zhukov 48999...
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  • jurisdiction. Zhizdrinsky (Жиздринский) Towns under the district's jurisdiction: Zhizdra (Жиздра) with 11 selsovets under the district's jurisdiction. Zhukovsky...
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    Larin led the brigade in defensive battles in the region of Vyazma and Zhizdra. In May 1943 the brigade was shifted to the 68th Army and withdrawn to...
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  • Sukhinichi, and was involved in heavy fighting around Zhizdra, where the unit was pushed back across the Zhizdra River. From 9 September the division was pulled...
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    and Yukhnovsky Districts; The southern part includes the valley of the Zhizdra River down to its mouth; it belongs to Kozelsky and Peremyshlsky Districts;...
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  • had linked up with elements of German 2nd Army in an area southeast of Zhizdra. 18th Panzer also seized Bryansk with an attack from the east. Bryansk...
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