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Poltava
[ puhl-tah-vuh ]
noun
- a city in eastern Ukraine, southwest of Kharkiv: Russian defeat of Swedes 1709.
Poltava
/ palˈtavə /
noun
- a city in E Ukraine: scene of the victory (1709) of the Russians under Peter the Great over the Swedes under Charles XII; centre of an agricultural region. Pop: 319 000 (2005 est)
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One mother in Poltava said she no longer trusts the neighbors she has lived next to for 40 years, people she considered to be family before the invasion.
Then a gas pipeline in the Poltava region of Ukraine was suddenly blown up by unknown assailants.
What part he took at the battle of Poltava is not quite clear.
I guess I won't find the way to Poltava fair if the child cannot put the e's where they belong!
Work—doing—you'd better say what is to be done, instead of abusing me, Desmosthenes of Poltava!
The unconscious boy was carried to the village by the sympathizing Israelites of Poltava.
Pardoned again, he entered into Russian diplomacy, filled several missions, and died commanding general at Poltava.
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