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OSTRAVA
Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic
and the administrative center of the Moravian-Silesian
Region. It is located at the confluence of the Ostravice,
Oder and Opava rivers. Its history and growth have been
largely affected by exploitation and further usage of
the high quality black coal deposits discovered in the
locality, giving the town a look of an industrial city
and a nickname of the “steel heart of the republic”
during the communist era of Czechoslovakia. Many of the
heavy industry companies are being closed down or
transformed nowadays. |
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