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    Kingisepp (Russian: Ки́нгисепп or Кингисе́пп), formerly Yamburg (Я́мбург), Yam (Ям), and Yama (Я́ма; Votic: Jaama), is a town and the administrative center...
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    following operations are considered as part of the strategic operation: Kingisepp–Luga defensive 10 July – 23 September 1941 Soltsy–Dno offensive 14–22...
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    square kilometers (1,123 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kingisepp. Population (excluding the administrative center): 19,830 (2010 Census);...
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    The Kingisepp single-member constituency (No. 112) is a Russian legislative constituency in Leningrad Oblast. In its current configuration the constituency...
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    St. Catherine Cathedral in Kingisepp, an example of Late Baroque architecture...
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    100 sq mi). Its main tributary is the Oredezh (right). The towns of Luga and Kingisepp, as well as the urban-type settlement of Tolmachyovo are located on the...
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    cathedral in Pochep near Bryansk and the Catherine Cathedral in Yamburg, now Kingisepp near St Petersburg (illustrated, right), where Rinaldi successfully expressed...
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    After the war many Ingrian Finns settled in Soviet-controlled Estonia. Kingisepp (Кингисепп) From the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 until 2010...
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    The Leningrad–Novgorod strategic offensive was a strategic offensive during World War II. It was launched by the Red Army on 14 January 1944 with an attack...
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    with the Ingrian Finns, these two groups are distinct from one another. Kingisepp (Кингисепп) The history of the Izhorians is bound to the history of Ingria...
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    1944), and the Battle of Tannenberg Line (July–August 1944). The Soviet Kingisepp–Gdov Offensive and Narva Offensives (15–28 February, 1–4 March and 18–24...
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  • Elise Käer-Kingisepp (née Käer; 3 October 1901 – 10 February 1989) was an Estonian physician, pharmacologist, physiologist and sports medicine specialist...
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    the Kingisepp constituency for 10 September 2017. On May 28, 2017, the United Russia held primary for the selection of candidate in Kingisepp's Constituency...
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    sub-article to Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive and Battle of Narva. The Kingisepp–Gdov offensive was a campaign between the Soviet Leningrad Front and the...
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    as Votian. Votians were one of the founding people of Veliky Novgorod. Kingisepp (Кингисепп) Votians are the oldest known ethnic group in Ingria. They...
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    Кейкино) is a village in Kingisepp District, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. Its distance to the administrative center (Kingisepp) is 15km. It is located on...
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    general during World War II. He commanded the 18th Army during the Soviet Kingisepp–Gdov Offensive. His cousin Ernst Lindemann was the captain of the battleship...
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    EuroChem launched its US$1 billion ammonia plant, EuroChem Northwest, in Kingisepp, Russia, with a production capacity of 1 million tonnes (1MMT) per year...
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    fortress and heritage site located on the eastern bank of the Luga river in Kingisepp, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. The fortress was built in 1384 by Ivan Fyodorovich...
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  • reaching the Kingisepp–Krasnogvardeysk railroad on January 27, 2nd Shock wheeled to the west and began pursuing XXVI Army Corps toward Kingisepp. When the...
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    issued in 1993 with stamp and graphics dedicated to first Russian underwater digital optic cable laid in 1993 by Rostelecom from Kingisepp to Copenhagen...
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    of Narva (1944): February–August 1944 Krasnoye Selo–Ropsha Offensive Kingisepp–Gdov Offensive Battle for Narva Bridgehead Battle of Auvere Narva Offensive...
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  • the Estonian restoration of Independence. Ellik graduated in 1963 from Kingisepp 1st Secondary School, in 1968 from Räpina Horticultural Engineering School...
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    strong opposition around Luga. Elsewhere, Leeb's forces were able to take Kingisepp and Narva on 17 August. The army group reached Chudovo on 20 August, severing...
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  • fertilizers. EuroChem's US$1 billion ammonia plant, EuroChem Northwest, in Kingisepp, Russia, launched in June 2019, has a production capacity of 1 million...
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    General Leonid A. Govorov's Leningrad Front. In the face of the Soviet Kingisepp–Gdov Offensive, the unit retreated to the Narva River in Estonia, where...
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  • Krasnaya Polyana, Artyom, Belebey, Borovichi, Buzuluk, Gubkin, Kandalaksha, Kingisepp, Korocha, Korsakov, Labinsk, Langepas, Magadan, Nakhodka, Nazarovo, Pochep...
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  • (1957) Yakovlevskoye → Privolzhsk Yama → Yamsky Gorodok → Yama → Yamburg → Kingisepp (1922) Yauntlatgale → Abrene → Pytalovo Yegorshino → Artyomovsky Yekaterinburg...
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    Vyborg, Murmansk via Petrozavodsk, Sortavala via Priozersk, Tallinn via Kingisepp, Riga via Pskov, Vitebsk via Dno, and Veliky Novgorod. There is a network...
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  • Finns Yam fortress, demolished Russian fortress in the modern town of Kingisepp, Russia Piyam, known also as Yam, a village in Marand County, East Azerbaijan...
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