Abakan

American  

[ah-buh-kahn, uh-buh-kahn] / ˈɑ bəˈkɑn, ʌ bʌˈkɑn /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of the Khakass Autonomous Region in the Russian Federation in Asia, on the Yenisei River.

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Abakan British  

/ abaˈkan /

noun

1. a city in S central Russia, capital of the Khakass Republic, at the confluence of the Yenisei and Abakan Rivers. Pop: 167 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

For the simple fact of their religious beliefs — protected by the Russian Constitution in word but not in deed — armed law enforcement officers raided their home in Abakan in 2019 and confiscated Bibles, electronic devices and personal records.

From Washington Post

A helicopter sent to find a safe spot to land a party of geologists was skimming the treeline a hundred or so miles from the Mongolian border when it dropped into the thickly wooded valley of an unnamed tributary of the Abakan, a seething ribbon of water rushing through dangerous terrain.

From Slate

A railway bridge that collapsed near the city of Abakan in the Russian Republic of Khakassia.

From BBC

Abakan or Abachan ought to be written Alahan.

From Project Gutenberg

Behind Balir in the lands of the Lama Jassaktu Khan, who had inherited his throne as a result of the poisoning of his brother at Urga by order of the Living Buddha, we met wandering Russian Tartars who had driven their herds all the way from Altai and Abakan.

From Project Gutenberg