Voronezh was a typical military settlement, which is clearly evidenced by the decisive predominance of service people in its population, mainly "by device".
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Voronezh was a typical military settlement, which is clearly evidenced by the decisive predominance of service people in its population, mainly "by device".
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Linguistic comparative analysis of the name "Voronezh" was carried out by the Khovansky Foundation in 2009.
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Voronezh's conclusion: "Voronezh" is a probable Slavic macrotoponym associated with outstanding signs of nature, has a root voron- in the meaning of "black, dark" and the suffix -ezh.
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In [2] it is assumed that the word "Voronezh" means bluing - a technique to increase the corrosion resistance of iron products.
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The Orthodox diocese of Voronezh was instituted in 1682 and its first bishop, Mitrofan of Voronezh, was later proclaimed the town's patron saint.
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The attack on Voronezh represented the first phase of the German Army's 1942 campaign in the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue.
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Today Voronezh is the economic, industrial, cultural, and scientific center of the Central Black Earth Region.
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Voronezh is home to the Pridacha Airport, a part of a major aircraft manufacturing facility VASO where the Tupolev Tu-144, was built and the only operational unit is still stored.
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