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Zlatoust

American  
[zluh-tuh-oost] / zlə tʌˈust /

noun

  1. a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, in the Ural Mountains.


Zlatoust British  
/ zlətaˈust /

noun

  1. a town in W Russia, on the Ay river: one of the chief metallurgical centres of the Urals since the 18th century. Pop: 192 000 (2005 est)

"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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A meteorite chip is being embedded in the centre of each commemorative medal by specialists at a workshop in Zlatoust, in the Chelyabinsk region, Russian media report.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2014

The third site was found some 80 kilometers further to the northwest, near the town of Zlatoust.

From Scientific American • Feb. 15, 2013

Son of a minor civil-service employe, Marshal Shaposhnikov was born in the town of Zlatoust in the Urals, in 1910 was top man at the Moscow Imperial Academy.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Siberian railway starts at Cheliabinsk, just across the Ural Mountains, which it reaches through Samara on the Volga from the European side, coming over the boundary hills through Ufa, Miass and Zlatoust.

From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther

The sabres from Zlatoust are of superior fineness and quality, rivaling the famous blades of Damascus and Toledo.

From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Knox, Thomas Wallace

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