Petrovsk

British  

/ pɪˈtrɔfsk /

noun

1. the former name (until 1921) of Makhachkala

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Petrovsk

With accurate information as to the sailings from Petrovsk to Baku and Enzelli, one can now go from London to Tehran in fourteen days.

From Persia Revisited by Thomas Edward Gordon

I landed in a heavy snowstorm at Petrovsk on November 30, and found the whole country under its winter sheet.

From Persia Revisited by Thomas Edward Gordon

Bélopolsky and Glasenapp at Petrovsk and Jurjevitch respectively.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke

And if Petrovsk had a city gate, its sole inscription could be "Lasciate ogni speranza voi ch' entrate."

From Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod by P?ter Vay

GROZNYI, a fortress and town of Russia, North Caucasia, in the province of Terek, on the Zunzha river, 82 m. by rail N.E. of Vladikavkaz, on the railway to Petrovsk.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

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