Etymology

Ulyanovsk

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Today it means: An oblast of Russia. Full definition →

Russian Улья́новск
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromУлья́новск
  2. English todayUlyanovsk

Borrowed from Russian Улья́новск (Ulʹjánovsk), named (1924) after Vladimir Ulyanov, better known as Lenin.

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