Prokopyevsk

American

[pruh-kawp-yuhfsk, pruh-kaw-pyifsk] / prəˈkɔp yəfsk, prʌˈkɔ pyɪfsk /

noun

a city in the S central Russian Federation in Asia, NW of Novokuznetsk.

Prokopyevsk British

/ praˈkɔpjɪfsk /

noun

a city in S Russia: the chief coal-mining centre of the Kuznetsk Basin. Pop: 216 000 (2005 est)

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The charges against her client, Andrei Novashov, 45, from a small city called Prokopyevsk, are a case in point.

From Seattle Times

The snow in the town of Prokopyevsk, darkened by coal dust, was featured in Sunday’s Russian state TV report.

From Seattle Times

The burglar in Prokopyevsk, about 3,100 kilometers east of Moscow, picked the lock on the front door and stole a chain saw as well as several blocks of cigarette packs, the Interior Ministry's department in the Kemerovo region said on Friday.

From US News

The blast occurred at the Dzerzhinsky mine in Prokopyevsk in a coal-rich section of central Siberia known as the Kuzbass.

From Reuters

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