Voroshilovgrad


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Vo·ro·shi·lov·grad

 (vôr′ə-shē′ləf-grăd′, və-rə-shē-ləf-grät′)
See Luhans'k.
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Voroshilovgrad

(Russian vərəʃilafˈɡrat)
n
(Placename) the former name (1935–91) of Lugansk
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Lu•gansk

(luˈgɑnsk)

n.
a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin. 509,000. Formerly (1935–90), Voroshilovgrad .
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