Borisoglebsk
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Borisoglebsk (Russian: Борисогле́бск) is a town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vorona River near its confluence with the Khopyor River. Population: 69,392 (2002 Census); 65,000 (1969). It is host to Borisoglebsk air base.
Borisoglebsk was founded in mid-17th century.
The famous Bolshevik revolutionary Ivan Fioletov, one of the 26 Baku Commissars, was born here.
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