Liski, Railway junction city in Voronezh Oblast, Russia
Liski is a city on the Don riverbank in Voronezh Oblast in western Russia, serving as the administrative center of Liskinsky District. The settlement follows the course of the river and clusters around the railway station, which forms the center of urban life.
The settlement began in 1571 as Novaya Pokrovka and merged with Liski railway station in 1928. It gained city status in 1937 and carried the name Georgiu-Dezh from 1965 to 1990 in honor of a Romanian communist leader.
The city takes its name from the hazel bushes that once grew along the Don riverbank. Today railway workers shape daily life here, and many families have worked in transport for several generations.
The central railway station connects travelers daily to larger cities across Russia. It is best reached by train, as the city sits as a major junction on several long-distance routes.
During World War II fighting destroyed large parts of the city, but it was quickly rebuilt afterward as a key railway junction. The renaming after a foreign politician remained unusual in the Soviet Union and was later reversed.
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