Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of southeast Russia north of Vladivostok. It was laid out and settled in 1932 by members of Komsomol, the Communist youth organization.

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  • proper noun Komsomolsk-na-Amure or Komsomolsk-on-Amur - a city in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia on the Amur river.
  • proper noun a town in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia; an urban-type settlement in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia; a rural locality in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia; name of several other rural localities in Russia; a city in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine

Etymologies

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From Russian комсомол (komsomól) (Komsomol, Young Communist League)

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Examples

  • Rosneft said refining of high-margin petroleum products rose 81% from a year earlier, buoyed by growth at the company's Tuapse and Komsomolsk refineries, as well as acquisitions.

    Rosneft's Profit Surges on Higher Oil Prices Andrew Langley 2008

  • Golts visited the Nerpa in 2000 while it was still under construction in the Amur shipyard in the Russian Pacific port of Komsomolsk-on-Amur and spoke to its crew and engineers.

    Tragedy Under The Sea 2008

  • A perfectly legitimate scientific expedition, some sort of geological survey team, called up from Komsomolsk in urgent need of transportation services, their pilot having gotten drunk and disappeared for parts unknown with their aircraft.

    The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006

  • After much trial and error, the yards at Komsomolsk and Severodvinsk were finally launching fleet submarines that were quiet and were equipped with sonar systems designed exclusively for passive operations.

    Pressure Point Dick Couch 1992

  • After much trial and error, the yards at Komsomolsk and Severodvinsk were finally launching fleet submarines that were quiet and were equipped with sonar systems designed exclusively for passive operations.

    Pressure Point Dick Couch 1992

  • 'In a place like Komsomolsk they're ten hours ahead of Moscow,' the teletype operator said.

    Gorky Park Smith, Martin Cruz, 1942- 1981

  • Sukhoi has moved its PAK FA/T-50 stealth fighter prototype from KnAAPO's Komsomolsk-on-Amur site in Siberia to Zhukovsky air base near Moscow for continued testing.

    HEADLINES 2010

  • Soviet radar personnel stationed at Komsomolsk-na-Amure on the Siberian maritime reported KAL 007 disappearing from radar screen at 1000 ft altitude due to radar inability to track below that altitude.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] BertSchlossberg 2010

  • Soviet radar personnel stationed at Komsomolsk-na-Amure on the Siberian maritime reported KAL 007 disappearing from radar screen at 1000 ft altitude due to radar inability to track below that altitude.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] BertSchlossberg 2010

  • Soviet radar personnel stationed at Komsomolsk-na-Amure on the Siberian maritime reported KAL 007 disappearing from radar screen at 1000 ft altitude due to radar inability to track below that altitude. ''

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] BertSchlossberg 2010

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