Krasnodar


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Kras·no·dar

 (krăs′nə-där′, krə-snə-där′)
A city of southwest Russia in the northern Caucasus south of Rostov. Founded by Cossacks on orders from Catherine the Great in 1794, it is now an industrial center.
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Krasnodar

(Russian krəsnaˈdar)
n
(Placename) an industrial city in SW Russia, on the Kuban River. Pop: 650 000 (2005 est). Former name (until 1920): Yekaterinodar or Ekaterinodar
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Kra•sno•dar

(ˈkræs nəˌdɑr)

n.
1. a territory of the Russian Federation in SE Europe. 4,814,000; 34,200 sq. mi. (88,578 sq. km).
2. its capital, on the Kuban River, S of Rostov. 620,000.
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