Kostroma

American

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

noun

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

Kostroma British

/ kəstraˈma /

noun

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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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?"

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Local media has been featuring commemorations of fallen Kostroma soldiers.

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One video discovered on V'Kontakte showed soldiers' graves at a cemetery north-east of Kostroma.

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

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The loss of life has caused much comment in Kostroma, which lies about 300km north-east of Moscow and has a population of around a quarter of a million.

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