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Zagorsk

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[zuh-gawrsk, zuh-gawrsk] / zəˈgɔrsk, zʌˈgɔrsk /

noun

  1. former name (1930–91) of Sergiyev Posad.


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Investigators say pyrotechnic equipment was being stored in the rented warehouse on the grounds of the Zagorsk Optical and Mechanical Plant where the blast occurred.

From Reuters ● Aug. 10, 2023

Mr Vorobyov said the explosion occurred in a warehouse storing fireworks which was located on the grounds of the Zagorsk optics manufacturing plant.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2023

Local officials said the epicenter of the blast was at a warehouse storing fireworks located on the grounds of the Zagorsk Optical-Mechanical Plant in the town of Sergiyev Posad, less than 50 miles from Moscow.

From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2023

The atheist Soviet authorities closed Trinity Lavra in 1930 and renamed the town Zagorsk in honor of a Soviet revolutionary hero.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 29, 2019

Sergius monastery in Zagorsk, ceremonial bells and chimes greeted the election of an Estonian of German stock, Metropolitan Aleksy of Leningrad, as the next Patriarch.

From Time Magazine Archive

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