Berdichev

[ ber-dee-chef, -chev; Russian byir-dyee-chyif ]

noun

1. the Russian name for Berdychiv ( def ).

Example Sentences

Moish Berdichev, a Jewish resident of Har Adar who employed Jamal as a house cleaner and said he had known him for years, told Israeli media: “I had long heart-to-heart conversations with him about the situation with his wife, and the kids. It’s hard. It was hard for him. We had long talks about coexistence, even about cleavages in Israeli society, tensions between the right and the left. He was part of us. He ate at my table and shared glasses with us.”

From Los Angeles Times

At the stops with their sad shtetl names – Berdichev, Vinnitsa – women shoulder aboard steaming vats of varenniki, the pasta cushions, filled with potato or cabbage, that are a Ukrainian staple.

From Newsweek

At the stops with their sad shtetl names – Berdichev, Vinnitsa – women shoulder aboard steaming vats of varenniki, the pasta cushions, filled with potato or cabbage, that are a Ukrainian staple.

From Newsweek

On another occasion, he led an assault on a German barracks near Berdichev�against the wishes of a superior officer who had ordered him to leave the area.

From Time Magazine Archive

Berdichev, the bustling Jewish town once used by Manstein for his headquarters, was in danger.

From Time Magazine Archive