Simbirsk
Britishnoun
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As a boy growing up in Simbirsk, Lenin distinguished himself in Latin and Greek.
From Time Magazine Archive
At Simbirsk the wife of a school principal gave birth to Alexander Feodorovich Kerensky, a pale, sickly, bright-eyed child.
From Time Magazine Archive
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov was born 94 years ago in a comfortable frame house in the small, sleepy city of Simbirsk, deep in the Russian heartland.
From Time Magazine Archive
His grandfather had migrated about 1760 from Simbirsk to Ufa, where the population consisted mainly of Tatars and a number of Finnish tribes—Mordvinians, Choovashes, and others.
From A Russian Gentleman by Aksakov, S. T. (Sergei Timofeevich)
In the Province of Simbirsk there is war between the community peasants and shopkeepers.
From The Red Conspiracy by Mereto, Joseph J.
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