Strizhi


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Strizhi

 

an urban-type settlement in Orichi Raion, Kirov Oblast, RSFSR. Located on the Bystritsa River, a tributary of the Viatka. Railroad station on the Kirov-Kotel’nich line. Strizhi has a factory that produces silica bricks.

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