Tambov

[ tahm-bawf, -bawv; Russian tuhm-bawf ]

noun

1. a city, in the Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Moscow.

Tambov

/ tamˈbɔf /

noun

1. an industrial city in W Russia: founded in 1636 as a Muscovite fort; a major engineering centre. Pop: 293 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

North and east of Tambov the original Ugrian population is no longer a matter of inference.

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And yet it found solace in the thought: “We are from Tambov; the Germans will not reach us.”

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The same declaration is made by a peasant in Tver, another in Tambov.

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Another peasant in Iver or in Tambov makes the same statement.

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In vain did he recommend a more experienced physician,—the “Tambov squire” persisted: no doctor would he trust but Chekhov.

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