Millerovo
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Millerovo (Russian: Ми́ллерово) is a town in Rostov Oblast, Russia. Population: 38,498 (2002 Census).
The main economy is grain.
It was founded in 1786 and named after its founder, the army officer Ivan Abramovich Müller. At the end of the 19th century it became an important part of the Rostov-Voronezh-Kozlovskaya railway. It attained city status in 1926.
During the Second World War, in July 1942, an encirclement of Soviet troops by German forces occurred around the city, resulting in the Soviet troops being led off into harsh conditions of captivity[1].
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- ^ Beevor, A., Stalingrad, Penguin Books, 1999, p.78
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