Kuznetsk

Russia / Penza / Kuznetsk /
 city, district center

Town in Penza Oblast, Russia, located in the foothills of the Volga Upland, mainly on the left bank of the Truyov River. Population: 88,839 (2010 Census).
Vasiliy Fedorovich Naryshkin founded the settlement of Truyovo on the river Tryov in 1699. It became known as Truyovo-Voskresenskoe and then as Naryshkino. An ukaz of Catherine II renamed the village as Kuznetsk in November 1780.
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Coordinates:   53°6'29"N   46°36'15"E