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Tambov

American  
[tahm-bawf, -bawv, tuhm-bawf] / tɑmˈbɔf, -ˈbɔv, tʌmˈbɔf /

noun

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


Tambov British  
/ 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)

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Kushnir was born in Tambov, central Russia, where his father Mikhail was a pianist and educator, and his mother a music school teacher.

From BBC

The governor of the Tambov region, Maxim Yegorov, said an oil reservoir went ablaze at an oil depot there.

From Seattle Times

But Tambov Gov. Maxim Yegorov said the plant was working normally, according to Russia’s RBC news outlet.

From Seattle Times

American Thomas Edison “invented” the light bulb a century after it was in development by inventors such as Alexander Lodygin from Tambov Governorate of the Russian Empire, Italian Alessandro Cruto and the Black American inventor Lewis Howard Latimer’s filament patents allowed for the commercialization of the light bulb.

From Seattle Times

On June 20, five people were killed in an explosion and fire at a gunpowder factory in Russia's Tambov region, but the regional governor ruled out any possibility of an attack or sabotage.

From Reuters