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Berdichev

American  
[ber-dee-chef, -chev, byir-dyee-chyif] / bərˈdi tʃɛf, -tʃɛv, byɪrˈdyi tʃyɪf /

noun

  1. the Russian name for Berdychiv.


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Berdichev, the bustling Jewish town once used by Manstein for his headquarters, was in danger.

From Time Magazine Archive

A bitter, five-day attack expelled the Germans from Berdichev, battered them back toward the next and last railway from the Ukraine into Poland.

From Time Magazine Archive

To General Vatutin's men fell Berdichev, a manufacturing center and traffic junction, once the headquarters of Field Marshal Fritz Erich von Manstein's South Russia Command.

From Time Magazine Archive

The new apostle of enlightenment was forced to leave the city and reside for a while in Berdichev, Nemirov, Ostrog, and Tulchin.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Raisin, Jacob S.

With its assistance Sabbath Schools and Evening Schools were opened in Berdichev, Zhitomir, Poltava, and other cities; libraries were founded; interesting Hebrew books on scientific subjects were published.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Raisin, Jacob S.