Komsomolsk

American

[kom-suh-mawlsk, kuhm-suh-mawlsk] / ˌkɒm səˈmɔlsk, kəm sʌˈmɔlsk /

noun

a city in the E Russian Federation in Asia, on the Amur River.

Komsomolsk British

/ kəmsaˈmɔljsk /

noun

an industrial city in W Russia, on the Amur River: built by members of the Komsomol (Communist youth league) in 1932. Pop: 275 000 (2005 est)

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He was whisked off to the Komsomolsk aviation plant, named after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first person in space.

From Reuters • Sep. 15, 2023

No. 1 industrial center is Komsomolsk, where the Amur Steel Works turn out more than 750,000 tons of finished steel products per year.

From Time Magazine Archive

Because of an order from Stalin, he must lead a winter march down the Amur River to set up the industrial city of Komsomolsk.

From Time Magazine Archive

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