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Zhitomir

American  
[zhi-taw-myir] / ʒɪˈtɔ myɪr /

noun

  1. the Russian name of Zhytomyr.


Zhitomir British  
/ ʒiˈtɔmir /

noun

  1. a city in central Ukraine; centre of an agricultural region. Pop: 282 000 (2005 est)

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The man who would lead the world into the space age, Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, was born on 12 January 1907, in Zhitomir, in modern-day Ukraine.

From The Guardian • Mar. 13, 2011

These men and these weapons thrice beat Manstein: at Stalingrad, Kursk, Zhitomir.

From Time Magazine Archive

With more than 1,600 tanks in pursuit, the Russians abandoned Zhitomir, fled across the flat, muddy terrain.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Wehrmacht v.ill then fall back upon its second line, running through the fortresses of Odessa, Zhitomir, Pinsk, Minsk and Riga.

From Time Magazine Archive

With all their shortcomings, and though producing but few rabbis acceptable to Russo-Jewish congregations, the seminaries in Warsaw, Zhitomir, and Vilna were powers for enlightenment.

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

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