Rylʹsk (Russia)
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- Vsesoi︠u︡znoe soveshchanie po aktinometrii,10th, Rylʹsk, Russia, 1978. Radiat︠s︡ionnye prot︠s︡essy v atmosfere i na zemnoĭ poverkhnosti, 1979 (used in hdg.) p. 3 (g. Rylʹske; Kurskoĭ oblasti)
- SSSR, admin.-territ. delenie, 1983:p. 159 (Rylʹsk; founded in 1152 but documents state that the city existed in the 10th century)
- Russia and the newly independent nations of the former USSR [MAP] March, 1993:(Rylʹsk)
- BGN per phone 6/5/80(Rylʹsk; popl. 51p0s34ʹN 34p0s40ʹE; located in Ukraine [i.e. in RSFSR])
- Bolʹsh. sov. ėnt︠s︡ikl., 3rd ed:v. 22, p. 451 (Rylʹsk; a city in Kurskai︠a︡ oblastʹ. It was first mentioned in the chronicles of 1152 as part of the Novgorod-Severskoe kni︠a︡zhestvo. From 1522 on it belonged to the Moscow government. Since 1796 Rylʹsk has belonged to theKurskai︠a︡ gubernii︠a︡ [later Kursk. oblast]. Soviet power was established there in 1917)
Wikipedia description:
Rylsk (Russian: Рыльск) is a town and the administrative center of Rylsky District in Kursk Oblast, western Russia, located on the right bank of the Seym River (Dnieper's basin) 124 kilometres (77 mi) west of Kursk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 15,069 (2021 Census); 15,671 (2010 Census); 17,603 (2002 Census); 19,472 (1989 Soviet census); 19,000 (1974).
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