Petrovsk

British  

/ pɪˈtrɔfsk /

noun

1. the former name (until 1921) of Makhachkala

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Example Sentences

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 Gordon, Thomas Edward

Towards the Caspian, especially between Petrovsk and the river Sulak, the Cretaceous system is well represented, and upon its rocks rest marls, shales, and sandstones of the Eocene period.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

The miseries of Omsk have been described by Dostoievsky, but those of Petrovsk will never be entirely known.

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

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

From Persia Revisited by Gordon, Thomas Edward

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 Vay, P?ter