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'New Cherkassk') is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located near the confluence of the Tuzlov and Aksay Rivers, the latter a distributary of the Don River. Novocherkassk is best known as the cultural capital of the Cossacks, and as the official capital of the Don Cossacks.
Novocherkassk long served as the capital of the Don Cossack region and was a centre of opposition to the Bolsheviks in 1917–20 during the Russian Civil War. Modern Novocherkassk produces electric locomotives, mining machinery, machine tools, and chemicals for plastics and synthetic fibres.
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Nov 22, 2017 · On June 2, 1962, Soviet soldiers fired on a demonstration by workers demanding better living conditions and lower prices. The shooting took place in downtown Novocherkassk, an industrial city near Rostov-on-Don.
Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, was the capital of the free Cossacks in pre-revolutionary times. In 1962, it was one of the poorest regions of the country. The Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive...
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