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Yekaterinburg

American  
[yuh-kat-er-in-burg, yi-kuh-tyi-ryin-boork] / yəˈkæt ər ɪnˌbɜrg, yɪ kə tyɪ ryɪnˈburk /

noun

  1. Ekaterinburg.


Yekaterinburg British  
/ jɪkətɪrinˈburk /

noun

  1. Former name (1924–91): Sverdlovsk.  a city in NW Russia, in the Ural Mountains: scene of the execution (1918) of Nicholas II and his family; university (1920); one of the largest centres of heavy engineering in Russia. Pop: 1 281 000 (2005 est)

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