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Korosten
Korosten is a town in Zhytomyr oblast, northern Ukraine, identified with Iskorosten, the chief town of the East Slavic Drevlians. According to the Primary Chronicle, Princess Olga burned it in 946 in revenge for the killing of her husband Igor, using birds that carried burning tinder into the town. It later became an important railway junction.
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