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Chernozemye

Chernozem is the exceptionally fertile "Black Earth" belt in along the border with , famous for its rich, deep, black soil. Its cities are best known to the English-speaking world for the vital importance they played as the principal battleground around the turning point of World War II, home to the massive tank battle of .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Voronezh and Kursk.

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is a city in , about 250 km from the border, in the heart of Chernozemye. It is located on the river and is an important railway junction with lines to , Rostov-on-the-Don and .

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is the capital of the in the Western part of Russia known as Chernozemye region. The millenuim-old city of nightingale song.

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, also romanized as Lipeck, is a city and the administrative center of , , located on the banks of the Voronezh River in the basin, 438 kilometers southeast of . Population: 496,403 ; 508,887 ; 506,114 ; 449,635 .

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is a region in 's Chernozemye region, bordering to the west, to the northwest, to the north, to the northeast, to the east, and to the south.

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is in 's Chernozemye region, bordering to the southwest, to the west, to the northwest, to the north, to the northeast, to the northeast, to the east, and to the south.

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is a region in the Chernozemye region, bordering to the southwest, to the northwest, to the north, to the east, and to the southeast.

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is a region in 's Chernozemye region, bordering to the southwest, to the west, to the northwest, to the northeast, to the east, and to the south.

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is a region in 's Chernozemye region, bordering to the west, to the north, to the northeast, to the east, to the southeast, and to the south.

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is a region in 's Chernozemye region, bordering to the south, to the west, to the north, to the east, and to the southeast.

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is a region in 's Chernozemye region, bordering to the south and west, to the north, and to the east.

Chernozemye

Latitude of center
51.58° or 51° 34′ 48″ north
Longitude of center
37.21° or 37° 12′ 36″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q190350
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Venetian—“Chernozemye” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Цэнтральнае Чарназем’е”
  • Chinese: “中央黑土区”
  • Chinese: “中央黑土區”
  • Dutch: “Chernozem”
  • Dutch: “Regio Centrale Zwarte Aarde”
  • French: “Tchernoziomie”
  • German: “Zentrale Schwarzerde-Region”
  • Hebrew: “צ’רנוזמיה”
  • Hebrew: “צ’רנוזמייה”
  • Italian: “Černozem’e”
  • Italian: “Regione della Terra Nera centrale”
  • Japanese: “中央黒土地域”
  • Japanese: “中央黒土地帯”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den sentrale svartjordregionen”
  • Portuguese: “Chernozemye”
  • Russian: “Центрально Черноземный регион”
  • Russian: “Центрально-Чернозёмная область”
  • Russian: “Центральное Черноземье”
  • Slovenian: “Centralna črnozemeljska regija”
  • Spanish: “Región de Chernozem Central”
  • Spanish: “Region de tierras negras”
  • Turkish: “Merkez Kara Toprak Bölgesi”
  • Venetian: “Rejon de ła Tera Nera sentrałe”

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Chernozemye”. Photo: Лобачев Владимир, CC BY-SA 3.0.