Borisoglebsk
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For the submarine of the same name, see Russian submarine K-496 Borisoglebsk.
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. It is named for the Russian saints Boris and Gleb.
The famous Bolshevik revolutionary Ivan Fioletov, one of the 26 Baku Commissars, was born here.
Another Russian revolutionary named Maria Spiridonova, assassinated Police Inspector General G.N. Luzhenovsky at the Borisoglebsk railway station in January 1906.
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