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

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

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2022

"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 • Aug. 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

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