Sokolniki (russian: Соко́льники) was a

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, located east of

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. On October 24, 2008, it was merged with the town of Novomoskovsk, with its territory re-organized as a

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. Population:

History

The village of Sokolniki had existed in the region since at least the 19th century. The name originates from the last name

Sokolnikov Grigori Yakovlevich Sokolnikov (born Hirsch Brilliant or Girsh Yankelevich Brilliant; 1888–1939) was a Russian Old Bolshevik revolutionary, economist, and Soviet politician. Early career Grigori Sokolnikov was born Girsh Yankelevich Brillian ...

. It was formed as a settlement in 1949, and was granted

urban-type settlement Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...

status in 1954. Town status was granted to it in 1958.

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was mined in the town until the 1990s.

References

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