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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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A few weeks into the war, one user of V'Kontake exclaimed, "Almost every day photos of our Kostroma boys get published. It sends shivers down my spine. What's happening? When will this end?"

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2023

Some of the soldiers are from towns outside Kostroma, which makes tracking down information about them much more difficult.

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

After Ilyan, the sailors dragged out the peasant delegate from the Province of Moscow, Bikov; then the sailors approached Maltzev, a peasant delegate from the Province of Kostroma.

From Bolshevism The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy by Spargo, John

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