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Vologda

American  
[vaw-luhg-duh] / ˈvɔ ləg də /

noun

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


Vologda British  
/ ˈvɔləɡdə /

noun

  1. an industrial city in W central Russia. Pop: 295 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Vologda, some 1,000 kilometres from Ukraine, is nonetheless feeling the consequences of the offensive Moscow launched in February 2022.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

Sergei Lenkov, from Vologda north of Moscow, said he had confidence in Russia's air defence systems.

From Reuters ● Aug. 29, 2023

Near the darkened entrance of Hospital Number One in the city of Vologda in Russia's north-west, an ambulance crew delivers yet another Covid patient, an elderly man struggling to breathe and barely alive.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2021

The other shipped out in boxcars along the rail line in an aborted British attempt to capture Vologda, a transportation hub about 460 miles south of Archangel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2018

We were a few versts north of Emtsa, but "mnoga, mnoga versts," many versts, distant from Vologda, the objective picked by General Poole for this handful of men.

From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Lewis E. Jahns

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