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Souskanikha

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Souskanikha () is a rural locality (a selo) in Krasnogorsky District of Altai Krai, Russia, located from the city of Biysk, in the Biya River floodplain. It is named after the Souskanikha River, the name of which, in turn, means "diving water" in Turkic.

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Locality
Соусканиха
Region
Алтайский край
Country
Россия
Population
720
Timezone
Asia/Barnaul

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Souskanikha () is a rural locality (a selo) in Krasnogorsky District of Altai Krai, Russia, located from the city of Biysk, in the Biya River floodplain. It is named after the Souskanikha River, the name of which, in turn, means "diving water" in Turkic.

==History== It was founded in the late 19th century by settlers from central Russia.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Souskanikha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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