Belgorod
[key], city, capital of Belgorod region, S central European Russia, on the
Northern Donets River. It is a railway junction and one of the chief centers
in Russia for the manufacture of cement and construction materials. These
industries are based on nearby limestone deposits; the nearby iron deposits
are part of the Kirsk Magnetic Anomaly. Known since the 13th cent., Belgorod
was the center of the Muscovite southern defense against Crimean Tatar
attacks in the 17th cent.
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