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   Erland Sommarskog to Dan Blum   
   Re: RQFTCINO13 Final, Rounds 4,6: geogra   
   21 Jan 23 17:54:22   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Dan Blum (tool@panix.com) writes:   
   >> 7. Between 1935 and 1991 it was called Kuibyshev or Kuybyshev;   
   >>    it is Russia's """6th-largest""" city and is located on the Volga   
   >>    River in the southeastern part of the European part of Russia.   
   >>    What is the """present""" name of the city?   
   >   
   > Kirovgrad   
      
   Interesting answer. I had never heard the name before, so I consulted   
   Google maps. Indeed, there is a city with his name, but it appears to   
   be relatively unassuming, far away from being the 6th-largest. Incidentally,   
   though, it is located in the neighbour in one of the other cities in   
   this (quite difficult) triplet.   
      
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