Rybinsk
[ rib-insk; Russian ri-byinsk ]
/ ˈrɪb ɪnsk; Russian ˈrɪ byɪnsk /
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noun
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NNE of Moscow, on the Volga near the Rybinsk Reservoir.Formerly Andropov ,Shcherbakov .
Also called Rybinsk Reservoir. a reservoir in the N central Russian Federation in Europe, on the upper Volga River. 1,768 sq. mi. (4,579 sq. km).
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How to use Rybinsk in a sentence
Decades later, the last surviving Mologa townspeople and their descendants still come to the nearby town of Rybinsk for an annual get-together in mid-August.
The Soviets turned the Volga River into a machine. Then the machine broke.|Olga Dobrovidova|December 15, 2021|MIT Technology Review
British Dictionary definitions for Rybinsk
Rybinsk
/ (Russian ˈribinsk) /
noun
a city in W central Russia, on the River Volga: an important river port, terminal of the Mariinsk Waterway (between Saint Petersburg and the Volga) at the SE end of the Rybinsk Reservoir (area: 4700 sq km (1800 sq miles)). Pop: 218 000 (2005 est)Former names: (from the Revolution until 1957) Shcherbakov, (1984–91) Andropov
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