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Volnovakha

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Volnovakha

 

a city (since 1938) and administrative center of Volnovakha Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR; located 60 km southwest of Donetsk. Railroad junction. Population, 24,000 (1970). Volnovakha has railroad transport enterprises.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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