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

  • A city of south-central Russia on the upper Yenisey River east of Novosibirsk. It was founded as a Cossack fortress in 1628.

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  • proper noun A large city in the Krasnoyarsk krai, Siberia, Russia.

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  • His statement did not appear to make any impression on my colleagues In fact, on the return trip, already in Krasnoyarsk, one of them heard me say Tell me, please An American!

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  • Except possibly for Krasnoyarsk, which is like "the set of a science-fiction movie about a city inhabited only by beautiful women," who are possibly surpassed only by the ballet dancers and the women in the audience at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.

    A bear hug for Mother Russia Alan Cooperman 2010

  • Except possibly for Krasnoyarsk, which is like "the set of a science-fiction movie about a city inhabited only by beautiful women," who are possibly surpassed only by the ballet dancers and the women in the audience at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.

    A bear hug for Mother Russia Alan Cooperman 2010

  • GRIFFITH: In Krasnoyarsk, which is right above the center of Mongolia.

    CNN Transcript Sep 11, 2009 2009

  • The team founded by students in 1969 has a proud history, as does the Eastern Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, which is widely considered the heartland of Russian rugby.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • The ADE-2 reactor opened in 1964 in Zheleznogorsk, then a secret city known as Krasnoyarsk-26.

    Latest Articles BBC 2010

  • The ADE-2 reactor opened in 1964 in Zheleznogorsk, then a secret city known as Krasnoyarsk-26.

    Latest Articles BBC 2010

  • Reuters Rosneft workers north of the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk in April.

    BP and Rosneft to Swap Stakes Guy Chazan 2011

  • Reuters Above, a machine engraves information on an ingot of 99.99% pure gold at the Krastsvetmet nonferrous metals plant in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.

    Upbeat Economic Data Curtails Gold Futures Tatyana Shumsky 2011

  • In February 2008, addressing business leaders in Krasnoyarsk, he declared that: “Freedom is better than non-freedom.”

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

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