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Cherkassy

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[chur-kah-see, -kas-ee, chyir-kahs-si] / tʃɜrˈkɑ si, -ˈkæs i, tʃyɪrˈkɑs sɪ /

noun

  1. the Russian name for Cherkasy.


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The men re-formed into columns, and together with the guerrillas struck toward Cherkassy.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Cherkassy bridgehead was one of the Ukrainian chessboard squares on which the two armies played their complex game of blood and wits.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cherkassy lay on the middle Dnieper's right bank, and the approaches to it were swept by German gunfire.

From Time Magazine Archive

Aside from the original center in Chernobyl, seats of Tzaddiks were established in the townlets of Korostyshev, Cherkassy, Makarov, Turisk, Talno, Skvir and Rakhmistrovka.

From History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) by Friedlaender, I.