Abakan

[ ah-buh-kahn; Russian uh-buh-kahn ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of the Khakass Autonomous Region in the Russian Federation in Asia, on the Yenisei River.

Abakan

/ abaˈkan /

noun

1. a city in S central Russia, capital of the Khakass Republic, at the confluence of the Yenisei and Abakan Rivers. Pop: 167 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

For the simple fact of their religious beliefs — protected by the Russian Constitution in word but not in deed — armed law enforcement officers raided their home in Abakan in 2019 and confiscated Bibles, electronic devices and personal records.

From Washington Post

A helicopter sent to find a safe spot to land a party of geologists was skimming the treeline a hundred or so miles from the Mongolian border when it dropped into the thickly wooded valley of an unnamed tributary of the Abakan, a seething ribbon of water rushing through dangerous terrain.

From Slate

It was bad enough when the Olympic flame went out and had to be relit with a disposable lighter rather than the official backup flame, and even worse when a torchbearer managed somehow to set himself on fire in the Siberian city of Abakan.

From Seattle Times

It was bad enough when the Olympic flame went out and had to be relit with a disposable lighter rather than the official backup flame, and even worse when a torchbearer managed somehow to set himself on fire in the Siberian city of Abakan.

From New York Times

A railway bridge that collapsed near the city of Abakan in the Russian Republic of Khakassia.

From BBC