Vyksa

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Coordinates: 55.3175° N 42.1744° E

Coat of arms of Vyksa

Vyksa (Russian: Выкса) is a town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Oka River 186 km southwest of Nizhny Novgorod. Population: 61,657 (2002 Census); 61,149 (1989 Census).

Founded in 1767; town status since 1934.

[edit] External links

The world's first double curvature lattice steel Shell by V.G.Shukhov (during construction), Vyksa, 1897

• Vyksa Steel Works

(Russian)

• Virtual Vyksa
• Video abaut Nizhny Novgorod oblast and Vyksa

(Italian)

• "Vladimir G. Shukhov e la leggerezza dell’acciaio", Fausto Giovannardi

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