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Stary Oskol

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Stary Oskol

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Russian city

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
big city
Official language
Russian
Population
215937
Area
200
Elevation
150
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Official website
oskol.city/about
Dialing code
4725
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category of associated people
Category:People from Stary Oskol
twinned administrative body
Asenovgrad
Commons category
Stary Oskol
category for people born here
Category:Births in Stary Oskol
postal code
309500–309554
inception
1593-01-01
topic's main category
Category:Stary Oskol
native label
Старый Оскол
time of earliest written record
1310-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Stary Oskol (Russian: Ста́рый Оско́л, IPA: [ˈstarɨj ɐˈskol]) is a city in Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located 618 kilometers (384 mi) south of Moscow. Population: 221,678 (2021 census); 221,085 (2010 census); 215,898 (2002 census); 173,917 (1989 Soviet census). It is called Stary Oskol (lit. 'Old Oskol') to distinguish it from Novy Oskol (lit. 'New Oskol') located 60 kilometres (37 mi) south. Both are on the Oskol River.

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

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