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Voronezh
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Voronezh ( ; , ) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia, straddling the Voronezh River from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on the Southeastern Railway, which connects western Russia with the Urals and Siberia, the Caucasus and Ukraine, and the M4 highway (Moscow–Voronezh–Rostov-on-Don–Novorossiysk). In recent years the city has experienced rapid population growth, rising to 1,057,681 in the 2021 Census, up from 889,680 recorded in the 2010 Census, making it the 14th-most populous city in the country.
Voronezh is a major city in southwestern Russia that serves as the administrative center of Voronezh Oblast and a key transportation hub connecting western Russia with the Urals, Siberia, and the Caucasus. The city has grown rapidly in recent decades, becoming Russia's 14th-most populous city with over 1 million residents as of 2021.
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- Voronezh
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- Воронеж
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- Main building of the South Eastern Railways Administration
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- Russia#Russia Voronezh Oblast#European Russia#Europe
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- Third Saturday of September
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- Voronezh Oblast
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- Voronezh Urban Okrug
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- Voronezh Oblast
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- Voronezh Urban Okrug
- Russian city.area_km2
- 601
- Russian city.pop_latest
- 1057681
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- Population
- 1041722
- Area
- 596.51
- Elevation
- 154
- Official website
- www.voronezh-city.ru
- Image
- Главное здание управления ЮВЖД.jpg
- Dialing code
- 473
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- inception
- 1586-01-01
- Commons category
- Voronezh
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- Воронеж
- postal code
- 394000–394095
- native label
- Воронеж
- P8168
- George Graham
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Voronezh ( ; , ) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia, straddling the Voronezh River from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on the Southeastern Railway, which connects western Russia with the Urals and Siberia, the Caucasus and Ukraine, and the M4 highway (Moscow–Voronezh–Rostov-on-Don–Novorossiysk). In recent years the city has experienced rapid population growth, rising to 1,057,681 in the 2021 Census, up from 889,680 recorded in the 2010 Census, making it the 14th-most populous city in the country.
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