Ulyanovsk

American  

[ool-yah-nawfsk, -nofsk, oo-lyah-nuhfsk] / ulˈyɑ nɔfsk, -nɒfsk, uˈlyɑ nəfsk /

noun

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

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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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Example Sentences

Mr. Bout, 56, is standing in elections Sunday as a candidate for the regional assembly in Ulyanovsk, a territory of 1.3 million people about 450 miles east of Moscow that was Lenin’s birthplace.

From New York Times

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

From BBC

"According to preliminary data, the driver of a heavy goods vehicle drove into oncoming traffic and collided with a minibus," the Ulyanovsk region's interior ministry said in a statement.

From Reuters

Reuters found cans of Bud with markings saying they had been produced in the Volga city of Ulyanovsk in late June.

From Reuters

The app surfaced photos of a similar-looking man, a 33-year-old from Ulyanovsk who wore a paratrooper uniform and held a gun in his profile photos on Odnoklassniki, a Russian social media site.

From New York Times