Irkutsk

[ eer-kootsk ]

noun
  1. a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, W of Lake Baikal.

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How to use Irkutsk in a sentence

  • On a recent night, Rikhvanova was making tea at her cozy office in the outskirts of Irkutsk.

  • But then we got very lucky: We found the city directory of Irkutsk, one of the largest cities in Siberia.

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  • It would take this man some time to traverse the five thousand two hundred versts between Moscow and Irkutsk.

    Michael Strogoff | Jules Verne
  • This podorojna was made out in the name of Nicholas Korpanoff, merchant, living at Irkutsk.

    Michael Strogoff | Jules Verne
  • But his connection with some secret society having been asserted, he received orders to start for Irkutsk.

    Michael Strogoff | Jules Verne
  • Nadia Fedor then asked, and easily obtained from the Russian government, an authorization to join her father at Irkutsk.

    Michael Strogoff | Jules Verne
  • He haggled long about the price, for form's sake, to act up to his part as Nicholas Korpanoff, a plain merchant of Irkutsk.

    Michael Strogoff | Jules Verne

British Dictionary definitions for Irkutsk

Irkutsk

/ (Russian irˈkutsk) /


noun
  1. a city in S Russia; situated on the Trans-Siberian railway; university (1918); one of the largest industrial centres in Siberia, esp for heavy engineering. Pop: 587 000 (2005 est)

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