Columbia Encyclopedia

Search results

296 results found

Dniester

(Encyclopedia)Dniester nēˈstər [key], Ukr. Dnister, Moldovan Nistru, Rus. Dnestr, Rom. Nistrul, Turk. Turla, river, c.850 mi (1,370 km) long, forming part of the border between Ukraine and Moldova. It rises in t...

Uman

(Encyclopedia)Uman o͞omänˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 91,000), central Ukraine, at the confluence of the Kamenka and Umanka rivers. It is a rail junction and has plants producing scientific instruments. Mentioned in...

Kolomyya

(Encyclopedia)Kolomyya kələmĭˈyə [key], Ger. Kolomea, Pol. Kołomyja, city (1989 pop. 63,000), W Ukraine, on the Prut River and in the Carpathian foothills. It is a rail junction and agricultural trade center....

Uzhhorod

(Encyclopedia)Uzhhorod o͝ozhˈhôrôtˌ [key], Czech Užhorod, Rus. Uzhgorod, Hung. Ungvár, city (1989 pop. 117,000), capital of Transcarpathian Region, SW Ukraine, in the SW Carpathian foothills and on the Uzh R...

Tarnopol

(Encyclopedia)Tarnopol: see Ternopil, Ukraine. ...

Sebastopol

(Encyclopedia)Sebastopol: see Sevastopol, Ukraine. ...

Theodosia

(Encyclopedia)Theodosia: see Feodosiya, Ukraine. ...

Stalino

(Encyclopedia)Stalino: see Donetsk, Ukraine.

Czernowitz

(Encyclopedia)Czernowitz: see Chernivtsi, Ukraine. ...

Aleksandrovsk

(Encyclopedia)Aleksandrovsk: see Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine. ...