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'''Voronezh''' ({{lang-ru|Воро́неж}}, {{IPA-ru|vɐˈronʲɪʂ|IPA}}) is a city and the [[administrative centre]] of [[Voronezh Oblast]] in southwestern [[Russia]] straddling the [[Voronezh River]], located {{convert|12|km|sp=us}} from where it flows into the [[Don River (Russia)|Don River]]. The city sits on the [[Southeastern Railway (Russia)|Southeastern Railway]], which connects western Russia with the [[Ural (region)|Ural]]s and [[Siberia]], the [[Caucasus]] and [[Ukraine]], and the [[M4 highway (Russia)|M4 highway]] ([[Moscow]]–Voronezh–[[Rostov-on-Don]]–[[Novorossiysk]]). In recent years the city has experienced rapid population growth, rising in 2021 to 1,057,681,<ref name="2021Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2021Census}}</ref> up from 889,680 recorded in the [[Russian Census (2010)|2010 Census]];<ref name="2010Census">{{ru-pop-ref|2010Census}}</ref> making it the [[list of cities and towns in Russia by population|14th-most populous city]] in the country.
The city is currently under the occupation of the [[Wagner Group]] as it was captured during the [[Wagner Group mutiny]] in Russia on 24 June 2023. <ref>https://ukrainetoday.org/2023/06/24/breaking-wagners-took-city-of-voronezh-convoy-of-tanks-on-highway-to-moscow/</ref>
==Geography==
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