Angarsk

American

[ahng-gahrsk, uhn-gahrsk] / ɑŋˈgɑrsk, ʌnˈgɑrsk /

noun

a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near Lake Baikal.

Angarsk British

/ anˈɡarsk /

noun

an industrial city in SE central Russia, northwest of Irkutsk. Pop: 244 000 (2005 est)

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An explosion happened at about 5 a.m. local time Thursday at the Angarsk Oil Refinery.

From Washington Times

The epicenter of the earthquake was registered 277 kilometers southwest of the city of Angarsk, in the Russian Irkutsk region, and 30 kilometers from the Mongolian city of Turt, Russian state-owned news agency Sputnik reported.

From Reuters

The area around the high-security Penal Colony No 15 in Angarsk has been sealed off and security forces deployed.

From BBC

First, they charged him with an armed robbery that occurred in December 1997 in his hometown, Angarsk, in eastern Siberia.

From New York Times

The company’s tax burden, which totaled $23 billion last year, should double to bring it in line, Sergei Levchenko, a Communist Party member who served on a parliamentary energy committee, said by phone from the Siberian city of Angarsk.

From BusinessWeek

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