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Belgorod

American  
[bel-guh-rod, byel-guh-ruht] / ˈbɛl gəˌrɒd, ˈbyɛl gə rət /

noun

  1. a city in the western Russian Federation, northeast of Kharkiv.


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Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said the "electricity and heating supply network has suffered severe damage" in the regional capital of the same name.

From Barron's • Nov. 9, 2025

More than half of Russia's regions, including Belgorod, have been affected by petrol and diesel shortages, due to increased Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

In September, more than 4,000 Ukrainian drones were recorded in the Belgorod region, compared with around 1,100 in January 2025.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

In his video address late on Monday, Zelensky said he had been briefed by his top commander Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi about the situation on the front, "including our presence in the Kursk and Belgorod regions".

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2025

Between the Dnieper and the Don northwards is Belgorod; then Nischgorod, then Astrakan, the march of Asia and Europe with Kazan, recovered from the Tartar empire of Genghis Khan and Tamerlane by Ivan Vasilovitch.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

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