LISKI

also spelled Lisky, formerly (until 1943) Svoboda, or (196590) Georgiu-Dezh city and administrative centre of Liski rayon (sector), Voronezh oblast (province), western Russia, situated on the banks of the Don River. It is a main railway junction, with shops for servicing locomotives; its food industries include meat-packing and flour milling. It became a city in 1937 and underwent various name changes. Pop. (1993 est.) 55,500.