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Novocherkassk (Russian: Новочерка́сск, lit. '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.
The Novocherkassk massacre ( Russian: Новочеркасский расстрел, romanized : Novocherkasskiy rasstrel) was a massacre which was committed by the Soviet army and KGB against unarmed civilians who were rallying on 2 June 1962 in the Soviet city of Novocherkassk. [1] [2] A few weeks prior to the massacre, workers at the Electro ...
- 2 June 1962; 61 years ago
- 26 (officially)
4 × 8 Strela 2 SAM launchers. 2 × 22 A-215 Grad-M rocket launchers. Service record. Novocherkassk (BDK-46) was a Ropucha-class landing ship of the Russian Navy and part of the Black Sea Fleet. Named after Russian city of Novocherkassk, the ship was built in Poland and launched in 1987. The ship was attacked twice during the Russian invasion ...
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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. More than 25 people were killed, and more than 85 people were injured. For decades, the Soviet authorities kept the incident a secret, executing another seven demonstrators and ...
Mar 28, 2024 · 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. The city has numerous institutions of higher ...
Novocherkassk is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia.[4] 168,746 people lived here in 2010.
