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Gagarin, Smolensk Oblast
Gagarin
, known until 1968 as
Gzhatsk
, is a
town
and the
administrative center
of
Gagarinsky District
of
Smolensk Oblast
,
Russia
, located on the
Gzhat River
, northeast of
Smolensk
, the administrative center of the
oblast
. Population:
The town's former name is from that of the Gzhat River, which is of Baltic origin (cf.
Old Prussian
gudde
, meaning "forest").
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