Nevinnomyssk

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Nevinnomyssk (Russian: Невинномы́сск) is a city in Stavropol Krai, Russia, located on both banks of the Kuban River at its confluence with the Bolshoy Zelenchuk River some 54 km south of Stavropol. Population: 132,141 (2002 Census); 92,000 (1973); 40,000 (1959).

Nevinnomyssk was founded in 1825 as a stanitsa near a small fort. It was granted town status in 1939. The Nevinnomyssk Canal starts in Nevinnomyssk.


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Administrative center: Stavropol

Blagodarny | Budyonnovsk | Georgiyevsk | Ipatovo | Izobilny | Kislovodsk | Lermontov | Mikhaylovsk | Mineralnye Vody | Neftekumsk | Nevinnomyssk | Novoalexandrovsk | Novopavlovsk | Pyatigorsk | Svetlograd | Yessentuki | Zelenokumsk | Zheleznovodsk

Coordinates: 44°38′N 41°57′E