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  • Location: Tomsk/Russia
  • Variant names: Kiyskoye, Kiysk
Named after the Kiy River with the name being shortened in 1856 when the settlement became a town. A year later it was renamed after Maria Alexandrovna (1824–80), German daughter of Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse, and wife of Emperor Alexander II of Russia.

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