Uvarovo
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Uvarovo (Russian: Ува́рово) is a town in Tambov Oblast, Russia, located on the Vorona River (Don's basin) some 117 km southeast of Tambov. Population: 28,400 (2005 est.); 29,690 (2002 Census); 34,554 (1989 Census).
Uvarovo was founded in 1699 as a Cossack settlement. In 1770, they built a postal road through Uvarovo, which connected Borisoglebsk and Kirsanov. In the second half of the 19th–early 20th century, Uvarovo was a well-known commercial center. In 1966, it was granted town status.
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