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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Example Sentences

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

Belgorod region is a key logistics corridor and staging hub for Russian forces near the border with Ukraine.

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

Hardly had this episode of the famine finished, that the Red Cross sent units to Belgorod in the Ukrania where there was a great concentration of pilgrims for the canonization of St. Josephat.

From Nelka Mrs. Helen de Smirnoff Moukhanoff, 1878-1963, a Biographical Sketch by Moukhanoff, Michael