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Kostroma

American  
[kos-truh-mah, kuh-struh-mah] / ˌkɒs trəˈmɑ, kə strʌˈmɑ /

noun

  1. a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow, on the Volga.


Kostroma British  
/ kəstraˈma /

noun

  1. a city in W central Russia, on the River Volga: fought over bitterly by Novgorod, Tver, and Moscow, until annexed by Moscow in 1329; textile centre. Pop: 280 000 (2005 est)

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The 331st Guards Parachute Regiment, often called the Kostroma Airborne Regiment, has been the subject of investigations by BBC's Newsnight since shortly after last February's invasion.

From BBC Apr. 5, 2023

The governor of the Kostroma region, Sergei Sitnikov, said 13 people died in the fire and five more were slightly injured.

From Washington Times Nov. 5, 2022

The governors of several Russian regions — including Belgorod, Kostroma, Vladimir, Yakutia and Magadan in the far east — have acknowledged that men who did not meet the defense ministry’s criteria are being called up.

From New York Times Sep. 26, 2022

This unit — “the best of the best,” a general boasted in a video posted online last May — was sent toward Kyiv from its home base in Kostroma, northeast of Moscow, in February.

From Washington Post Apr. 5, 2022

Dmitri, deeming it in vain to attempt the defense of the capital, fled, with his wife and children, two hundred miles north, to the fortress of Kostroma.

From The Empire of Russia by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

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