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Voronezh

American  
[vuh-roh-nish, vuh-raw-nyish] / vəˈroʊ nɪʃ, vʌˈrɔ nyɪʃ /

noun

  1. a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe.


Voronezh British  
/ vaˈrɔnɪʃ /

noun

  1. a city in W Russia: engineering, chemical, and food-processing industries; university (1918). Pop: 842 000 (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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Even the look of Voronezh has changed dramatically since February 2022.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Falling debris from the destroyed Atacms on Tuesday damaged the roofs of a clinic and an orphanage and struck a private house in Voronezh, Russia said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

Most of the incidents were reported at polling stations in Moscow, Voronezh in south Russia, and the region of Karachay-Cherkessia in the north Caucasus, according to state news agency Tass.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2024

Online videos have shown queues of supporters not just in Moscow and St. Petersburg but also in Krasnodar in the south, Saratov and Voronezh in the southwest and beyond the Ural Mountains in Yekaterinburg.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2024

In February 1943 they were assigned to defend and protect railroad junctions and bridges near a city called Voronezh.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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