Khabarovsk

[kuh-bahr-uhfsk, khuh-bah-ruhfsk]

noun

1. Official Name Khabarovsk Krai. a constituent entity of Russia, in the Far Eastern region. 965,400 sq. mi. (2,500,400 sq. km).

2. the largest city in the Far Eastern region of Russia and the easternmost city in all of Russia: administrative center of Khabarovsk Krai.

Khabarovsk

/ xaˈbarəfsk /

noun

1. a port in E Russia, on the Amur River: it was the administrative centre of the whole Soviet Far Eastern territory until 1938; a major industrial centre. Pop: 579 000 (2005 est)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Khabarovsk¹

First recorded in 1890–95; from earlier Khabáraovka, named after Russian adventurer and entrepreneur Yerofey Pavlovich Khabarov (1603–after 1671)

Example Sentences

The An-24 plane had been on the final leg of a route from Khabarovsk in the far south-east of Russia.

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They have boarded trains to Moscow, St Petersburg and Kazan in the west, and Khabarovsk and Vladivostok further east.

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"Maybe they will be friends with us, but not likely with the U.S.," said Yelena, a tourist from Khabarovsk, a Russian city on the Amur River bordering China.

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The trip included a week on the Trans-Siberian Express from the city of Khabarovsk to Moscow, where they stayed for two days.

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He was detained as a war prisoner and incarcerated in a detention camp in Khabarovsk, Russia, for five years.

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