Prior to the town's formation, the settlement was a possession of the influential Russian Vorontsov family.
Governor General Vorontsov planned to withdraw his forces to the city of Kars.
UGC 9618, also known as VV 340 or Arp 302 consists of a pair of very gas-rich spiral galaxies in their early stages of interaction.
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On January 3, 1742, Vorontsov married countess Anna Karlovna Skavronskaya, the empress's maternal first cousin, and in 1744 was created a count and vice-chancellor.
She appeared as 'Countess Vorontsov' opposite Ivan Mozzhukhin in the silent film Casanova (1927), and as 'Fatme' in Secrets of the Orient (1928).
On the accession of Paul I in 1796, Vorontsov was raised to the rank of ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary and was awarded immense estates in Finland.
Awards of the International Roerich Centre - Commemorative Medals of Nicholas Roerich, Helena Roerich, George de Roerich, Svetoslav Roerich and a silver medal inscribed "J. Vorontsov 75 years ", presented to Vorontsov in his Jubilee in 2004 in recognition of his enormous contribution to the foundation and development of the Museum of Nicholas Roerich Roerich and the International Centre