Place:Novocherkassk, Cherkassk, Don Cossacks, Russia

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NameNovocherkassk
Alt namesCherkassysource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 677
Neu-Tscherkasksource: Family History Library Catalog
Novočerkassksource: Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-125
Starocherkasskayasource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) VIII, 813
Новочеркасскsource: Wikipedia
TypeCity
Coordinates47.417°N 40.083°E
Located inCherkassk, Don Cossacks, Russia     ( - 1805)
Also located inRostov, Yuzhny, Russia     (1805 - )
source: Family History Library Catalog


Novocherkassk (Russian: Новочерка́сск) is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Tuzlov River and on the Aksay River. It was formerly the capital of the Don Cossacks.

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Novocherkassk (lit. New Cherkassk) is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located near the confluence of the Tuzlov and Aksay Rivers, the latter a distributary of the Don River. Novocherkassk is best known as the cultural capital of the Cossacks, and as the official capital of the Don Cossacks. Population: 168,746 (2010 Census);[1] 170,822 (2002 Census); 178,000 (1974); 95,453 (1959); 75,917 (1939); 51,963 (1897).

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