Ekaterinburg


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E·ka·te·rin·burg

 (ĭ-kăt′ər-ən-bûrg′)
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Ekaterinburg

(Russian jɪkətɪrinˈburk)
n
(Placename) a variant transliteration of the Russian name for Yekaterinburg
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E•ka•te•rin•burg

(ɪˈkæt ər ɪnˌbɜrg)

n.
a city in the Russian Federation in Asia, in the Ural Mountains. 1,367,000.
Formerly (1924–91), Sverdlovsk.
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Ekaterinburg, as history buffs would surmise, is named after the Catherine the Great, the wife of Tsar Peter.
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Islamabad -- Russia invited Pakistani business community to participate in the Expo 2025 that will be held in the Ekaterinburg city of Russia.
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