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Ulyanovsk (Улья́новск, previously Simbirsk (Симби́рск)) is a city on the Volga River in Russia. Both Vladimir Lenin and Alexander Kerensky were born there.
Population (2002):635,600.
Ulyanovsk is the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast.
Simbirsk defied all of Stenka Razin's efforts to capture it.
External links
- photos (http://www.spelio.net.ru/vs/eng/)
For the Soviet aircraft carrier, see the USSR aircraft carrier Ulyanovsk.
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