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Michurinsk

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[mi-choor-insk, myi-chyoo-ryinsk] / mɪˈtʃʊər ɪnsk, myɪˈtʃyu ryɪnsk /

noun

  1. a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Ryazan.


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Leaving the lunchroom, I understood that the management at the Michurinsk factory could no longer afford to live differently from everyone else.

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Inefficiency is so commonplace in the Soviet Union that we were piqued by tales of a dramatic transformation under way at the Lenin Factory in Michurinsk.

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Last week one of Soviet Russia's unpredictable trains clacked out of Moscow, headed southeast for Michurinsk, 300 miles away.

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With pomp and ceremony the title of Honored Scientist of the Republic was conferred upon Comrade Michurin of Michurinsk.

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Lunch at the Michurinsk factory proved to be one of those seemingly commonplace occurrences that actually signifies a great deal about perestroika.

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