Yekaterinoslav

British

/ jɪkətɪrinaˈslaf /

noun

the former name (1787–96, 1802–1926) of Dnepropetrovsk

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It is told that one of the parties was assigned to Yekaterinoslav, but the authorities refused to accept the people and ordered them to proceed further.

From The Shield by Yarmolinsky, Avrahm

In 1900 thirteen new schools were opened in Kherson and Yekaterinoslav, to supply the educational demand of the thirty-eight colonies existing in those Governments.

From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Raisin, Jacob S.

Nevertheless, the colonization made slow progress, gradually spreading from the government of Kherson to the neighboring governments of Yekaterinoslav and Bessarabia.

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 Friedlaender, I.

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