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.

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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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Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2023

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.

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

In the year 1879 there was living in the city of Pultava a poor apothecary named Schiller, who was banished as a political offender to the village of Varnavin, in the Province of Kostroma.

From From Paris to New York by Land by De Windt, Harry