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Within Vinony's link graph, Dorogobuzh is referenced by 187 other articles, and connects out to administrative centre, 2010 Russian census and Russia.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Cities and towns in Smolensk Oblast and Populated places on the Dnieper in Russia.
Its subject is documented across 43 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Russian town.en_name
- Dorogobuzh
- Russian town.ru_name
- Дорогобуж
- Russian town.image_skyline
- Dorogobuzh View of Dnieper.jpg
- Russian town.image_caption
- View of Dorogobuzh. The Dnieper River can be seen in the background.
- Russian town.map_label_position
- right
- Russian town.image_coa
- Dorogobuzh COA (Smolensk Governorate) (1780).png
- Russian town.federal_subject
- Smolensk Oblast
- Russian town.adm_district_jur
- Dorogobuzhsky District
- Russian town.adm_selsoviet_jur
- Dorogobuzhskoye
- Russian town.adm_selsoviet_type
- Urban settlement
- Russian town.adm_ctr_of1
- Dorogobuzhsky District
- Russian town.adm_ctr_of2
- Dorogobuzhskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian town.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian town.mun_district_jur
- Dorogobuzhsky Municipal District
- Russian town.urban_settlement_jur
- Dorogobuzhskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian town.mun_admctr_of1
- Dorogobuzhsky Municipal District
- Russian town.mun_admctr_of2
- Dorogobuzhskoye Urban Settlement
- Russian town.area_km2
- 35.15
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Russia
- Located in
- Smolensk Voivodeship
- Population
- 9086
- Area
- 10
- Elevation
- 210
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Body of water
- Dnieper
- Image
- Dorogobuzh.jpg
- Dialing code
- 48144
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- Commons gallery
- Дорогобуж
- postal code
- 215713
- Commons category
- Dorogobuzh
- time of earliest written record
- 1211-00-00
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Administrative and municipal status
- Geography
- Climate
- References
- Notes
- Sources
- External links
Dorogobuzh (; Belarusian: Дарагабуж) is a historic town and the administrative center of Dorogobuzhsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, straddling the Dnieper River and located east of Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
==History== thumb|left|Pre-1917 view of the Dnieper River in Dorogobuzh First mentioned in 1150, it was established as a fortress defending eastern approaches to Smolensk. It was located in the Principality of Smolensk, which in 1404 became part of Lithuania. It passed to the Grand Duchy of Moscow after the Battle of Vedrosha in 1500. In 1508, Vasily III sent Italian masters to build a wooden fort there.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dorogobuzh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
2 mapped locations