Ordzhonikidze


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Or·dzho·ni·kid·ze

 (ôr′jŏn-ĭ-kĭd′zə, ər-jə-nyĭ-kyē′dzĭ)
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Ordzhonikidze

(Russian ardʒəniˈkidzɪ) or

Orjonikidze

n
(Placename) the former name (1954–91) of Vladikavkaz
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Or•dzho•ni•ki•dze

(ˌɔr dʒɒn ɪˈkɪd zə)

n.
former name (1944–91) of Vladikavkaz.
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Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa has met here with the President of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation Sergey Ordzhonikidze and members of the Chamber, which includes representatives from each administrative region in Russia.
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Ordzhonikidze, informed Conference in Tuesday that the UN Secretary-General
Conspiracy theorists claimed he disappeared while spying on the Ordzhonikidze, a Soviet cruiser which had brought Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev to Britain for meetings with Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden in April 1956.
It was officially stated that Crabb had been performing underwater apparatus tests at the Portsmouth Naval base, in the vicinity of the Soviet ship the Ordzhonikidze. But documents just released from the National Archives reveal his mission was to carry out surveillance on the ship, which was carrying the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev on a goodwill visit to Britain.
But Deputy FM Sergei Ordzhonikidze swiftly dismisses new British calls for a fresh discussion of "smart sanctions", saying: "The draft in question contains a series of provisions which are completely unacceptable for Russia".
DAMASCUS, (SANA) -- Head of the delegation of the Public Chamber at the Russian Federation visiting Syria, Sergei Ordzhonikidze, said that the western media falsifying facts about the situation in Syria and they don't convey the objective image of what is happening.
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Russian news agency Interfax quoted a Moscow deputy mayor, Iosif Ordzhonikidze, as saying the signing had been put off because the structure of the planned deal had changed.
DAMASCUS, (SANA) -- Former Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Sergei Ordzhonikidze, heading a delegation of the Public Chamber at the Russian Federation to Syria, said that the visit aimed at inspecting the reality of situation in Syria and conveying it to the public opinion and the Russian leadership.