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== Gazetteers == | == Gazetteers == | ||
Small localities like villages belong to larger administrative units or jurisdictions, which in turn belong to other larger jurisdictions. Among other things, gazetteers generally identify such jurisdictions and help us to localize places and often to distinguish between places with the same name. | |||
There are several basic gazetteers that provided place name and jurisdictional information to make sense of these localities. To learn about them, see [[Russia Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]. | There are several basic gazetteers that provided place name and jurisdictional information to make sense of these localities. To learn about them, see [[Russia Gazetteers|Gazetteers]]. | ||