Yalta
[yawl-tuh; Russian yahl-tuh]
- a seaport in the Crimea, S Ukraine, on the Black Sea: site of wartime conference of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin February 4–12, 1945.
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Contemporary Examples
Yalta was great for strolls along the sea during the Byzantine, Ottoman and Russian empires.
This week, he will meet with Putin in Yalta for a major summit.
Politically he achieved his aim of revising the map of middle Europe so disastrously drawn at Yalta.
In fact, the Yalta Agreement promised freedom and independence for Eastern Europe.
Historical Examples
We are due to go to Yalta, but shall not move before we meet here.
The Minister of EvilWilliam Le Queux
It was to be a trip to Yalta by water, where we intended to spend a couple of days.
Soyer's Culinary CampaignAlexis Soyer
The last station of our calvary was at Yalta, in the Crimea.
Marie TarnowskaAnnie Vivanti
The weather in Yalta is exquisite and fresh, my health is improving.
Letters of Anton ChekhovAnton Chekhov
She said that if "that horrid woman" comes to Yalta, she will hold me tight in her embrace.
Letters of Anton ChekhovAnton Chekhov
Yalta
- a port and resort in S Ukraine, in the Crimea on the Black Sea: scene of a conference (1945) between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin, who met to plan the final defeat and occupation of Nazi Germany. Pop: 80 552 (2005 est)
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