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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 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

It took time for bodies to be returned to Kostroma, the community where it is based, 300km north-east of Moscow.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2022

He studied at the ecclesiastical seminary of Kostroma and completed his course in 1845.

From Autobiography of Countess Tolstoy by Sophie Andreevna Tolstoy

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