Krasnyi Lyman
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Krasnyi Lyman (Ukrainian: Красний Лиман) is a city in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine. Population is 28,172 (2001).
[edit] History
It was founded in the 17th century by cossacks as Liman (Lyman). In the course of the administrative reform carried out in 1708 by Peter the Great, Liman was explicitly mentioned as one of the towns included to Azov Governorate.[1][2] The town obtained the prefix Krasnyi (Red) in 1925.
[edit] References
- ^ Указ об учреждении губерний и о росписании к ним городов (Russian)
- ^ Архивный отдел Администрации Мурманской области. Государственный Архив Мурманской области. (1995). Административно-территориальное деление Мурманской области (1920-1993 гг.). Справочник. Мурманск: Мурманское издательско-полиграфическое предприятие "Север". pp. 19–20.
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Coordinates: 49°39′N 38°21′E / 49.65°N 38.35°E
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