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Vyatka

British  
/ ˈvjatkə /

noun

  1. the former name (1780–1934) of Kirov

"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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It has previously said it was selling its four factories in Russia, in Tikhvin, Novgorod and Vyatka.

From Reuters Mar. 27, 2023

At the outset of his career, he was banished to Vyatka, where he remained from 1848-56, an exile, which gave him a rich store of priceless material.

From An Outline of Russian Literature by Maurice Baring

My father was superintendent in a mill in Vyatka, and I became a teacher.

From Mother by Maksim Gorky

At one of the post stations in some God-forsaken village of the Vyatka government he met the escorting officer.

From History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) by I. Friedlaender

Side by side with them worked Frenchmen, many of whom were unable physically to compete with the sturdy peasants from Perm and Vyatka.

From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Emile Joseph Dillon

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