Meanings
proper noun
- An industrial town in Udmurtia, Russia.
Sokolov grew up in Votkinsk, an industrial city in the Udmurt Republic, 800 miles east of Moscow. […] His life changed, he said, one day in 2016 when he was summoned to a police station in Votkinsk, where an FSB agent told him he was facing prison for dodging compulsory military service.
2022 August 26, Pjotr Sauer, “‘There were hundreds of us’: Navalny ex-staffer tells of being FSB informer”, in The Guardian
Origin
- RussianВо́ткинск
- EnglishVotkinsk
Borrowed from Russian Во́ткинск (Vótkinsk).
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Russian Во́ткинск
- Во́ткинск (Vótkinsk)town in Udmurtia, Russia
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APA
Votkinsk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Votkinsk
MLA
“Votkinsk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Votkinsk. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Votkinsk,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Votkinsk.
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