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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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    Soltsy–Dno offensive 14–22 July 1941 Tallinn defensive 5– 28 August 1941 StarayaRussa offensive 8–23 August 1941 Demyansk defensive 6–26 September 1941 After...
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  • Staraya Russa (also Staraya Rossiya) is an aerodrome in Russia located 4 km southeast of Staraya Russa. It contains a large maintenance facility for Antonov...
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  • Russa may refer to: Staraya Russa, a town in Novgorod Oblast, Russia Robert Russa Moton (1867–1940), African-American educator and author Márcia Matos...
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    is located in the city of Staraya Russa, on the right bank of the Polist River. It is currently occupied by the Staraya Russa Town Museum. The monastery...
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    ) (13 September 1874) – "Drama in Tobolsk": about the happenings in Staraya Russa, where the Dostoyevskys planned their winter holidays since August 1874...
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    kilometers to the West, liberating many cities and towns, including Staraya Russa, Novorzhev, Dno and Putoshka. In Soviet propaganda, this offensive was...
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    Novgorod. Some of the oldest Russian cities, including Veliky Novgorod and Staraya Russa, are located in the oblast. The historic monuments of Veliky Novgorod...
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  • counterstroke at Soltsy against LVI Motorized Corps, and a further action near Staraya Russa in August, both of which slowed the advance of Army Group North toward...
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    Maryana Naumova (category People from Staraya Russa)
    Naumova (Russian: Марьяна Алекса́ндровна Нау́мова; born 22 April 1999, Staraya Russa) is a Russian powerlifter who specializes in the bench press, and was...
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  • was loaded into trains despite not yet being armed and sent to the Staraya Russa area, assigned to the 11th Army in the Northwestern Front. On 15 July...
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    conservatism. Around early 1872 the family spent several months in Staraya Russa, a town known for its mineral spa. Dostoevsky's work was delayed when...
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    the subject of patricide. Dostoevsky composed much of the novel in Staraya Russa, which inspired the main setting. Although Dostoevsky began his first...
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  • 34th Army, it took part in the Northwestern Front's counterstrike at Staraya Russa which briefly surrounded two German divisions and inflicted a considerable...
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    javelins, and war hammers. The principal cities of the Ilmen Slavs were Staraya Russa and Novgorod, the center of the Novgorod Republic, which had developed...
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    90 days. Lake Ilmen is navigable. Shipping lines are Veliky Novgorod – Staraya Russa and Veliky Novgorod – Shimsk. There is a fishery in the lake. The lake...
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    in 1995. The current title is "Archbishop of Novgorod the Great and Staraya Russa." From 1922-1936, thirteen bishops of Novgorod were named by the Living...
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    and in Poddorsky and Starorussky Districts, as well as in the town of Staraya Russa of Novgorod Oblast of Russia. It is technically a tributary of the Lovat...
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    military administration in Staraya Russa, and therefore Starorussky Uyezd was abolished in 1824. The town of Staraya Russa and some adjacent territories...
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  • long Battles of Rzhev (which occurred from 1941 to 1943). The town of Staraya Russa was from 1941 to 1944 heavily damaged given the 3+1⁄2-year German occupation...
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  • orchestrate a counterstroke aimed at destroying German forces in the Soltsy, Staraya Russa, and Dno regions with the help of recently-arrived reinforcements. Lt...
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    Snezhnogorsk Magadan–Sokol Solovki Sovetsky Spichenkovo Srednekolymsk Staraya Russa Staroselye Stary Oskol Stavropol Shpakovskoye Stepanavan Strezhevoy...
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    Tsna (near Vyshny Volochyok) Pola (near Staraya Russa) Lovat (near Staraya Russa) Polist (near Staraya Russa) Kunya (in Kholm) Shelon (near Shimsk) Syas...
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    was to sever the link between the German Demyansk positions, and the Staraya Russa railway that formed the lines of communication of the German 16th Army...
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    the troops of the Northwestern Front, advancing in the direction of Staraya Russa, had achieved considerable success in encircling the 16th Army in the...
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    Northern Front. The Front headquarters were located consequently in Staraya Russa, Molodechno, Daugavpils, Smolensk and Minsk . At the time of the formation...
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    their offensive and moved to Novgorod which was taken on 19 August. At Staraya Russa combat started in July, and in August in the streets of the city, which...
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  • of the 57th Army and fought in the Battle of Demyansk (1943) and the Staraya-Russa Offensive (1943), part of Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda. After spending...
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    Rachmaninoff was born in the family estate in the village of Semyonovo, near Staraya Russa, Novgorod Governorate. His birth was registered in the Semyonovo church...
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    Snezhnogorsk Magadan–Sokol Solovki Sovetsky Spichenkovo Srednekolymsk Staraya Russa Staroselye Stary Oskol Stavropol Shpakovskoye Stepanavan Strezhevoy...
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