Uralsk

[ yoo-ralsk; Russian oo-rahlsk ]

noun

1. a city in W Kazakhstan, on the Ural River.

Example Sentences

The bus stations in Samara and Tolyatti, two large Russian cities in the Samara region, on Thursday halted service to Uralsk, a border city in Kazakhstan.

From Seattle Times

In Kazakhstan, another neighboring country that permits visa-free entry for individuals with Russian passports, residents of the border city of Uralsk refurbished a movie theater into a temporary shelter for those who could not find hotel rooms or apartments to rent.

From Washington Post

"If you vote in unfair elections you are allowing them to say they are fair," the video blogger, from north-western town of Uralsk, said.

From BBC

A video of another man, Aslan Sagutdinov, made a splash on social media when he was briefly arrested for holding a blank sign in his town of Uralsk’s central square as a way to show how little tolerance authorities have for dissenting speech of any kind.

From Washington Times

Mr. Sagutdinov’s encounter with the police in the city of Uralsk on Monday, which was filmed and posted on YouTube, came as the country prepares for a presidential election in June, its first transfer of power in decades.

From New York Times