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Ulyanovsk

American  
[ool-yah-nawfsk, -nofsk, oo-lyah-nuhfsk] / ulˈjɑ nɔfsk, -nɒfsk, uˈljɑ nəfsk /

noun

  1. a city in the western Russian Federation, on the Volga River: birthplace of Lenin.


Ulyanovsk British  
/ uljˈjanəfsk /

noun

  1. Former name:: Simbirsk.  a city in W central Russia on the River Volga: birthplace of Lenin (V. I. Ulyanov), after whom it was renamed in 1924. Pop: 639 000 (2005 est)

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"We won't be weakened, divided or exterminated," said Ulyanovsk governor Alexei Russkikh.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2022

Bridgestone says it has returned 10 foreign staff and their families to Japan and that the factory in Ulyanovsk in central Russia will cease operations from Friday.

From Seattle Times Mar. 14, 2022

Authorities in three more regions - Komi, Amur and Ulyanovsk - said on Tuesday they could impose more restrictions if COVID-19 infection kept rising.

From Reuters Nov. 2, 2021

The Ulyanovsk cadets may have also been aware of a viral video trend from 2011, when U.S. soldiers and others fighting in Afghanistan lip-synched versions of Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe."

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 22, 2018

Governor Sergei Morozov of the Ulyanovsk region in Russia said that five of the six Russian victims were from there, the Interfax news agency reported.

From New York Times Nov. 21, 2015

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