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smolensk

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for smolensk.

Editorial note

There is still a lot of folks who also attribute the 2010 Smolensk air disaster to Putin as well.

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Quick take

A city, the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of smolensk gathered in one view.

noun

A city, the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia.

noun

An oblast of Russia.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for smolensk.

noun

A city, the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia.

noun

An oblast of Russia.

Example sentences

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There is still a lot of folks who also attribute the 2010 Smolensk air disaster to Putin as well.

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The airplane broke into thousands of pieces over the swamp near the Smolensk airport.

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As for AMHs, I've seen papers of sites near Smolensk (~55N) indicating moderate to heavy starchy plant use.

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Kursk-3 and 4, Leningrad-3 and 4, and Smolensk 1-3.

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They then rounded up about 22,000 Polish military officers, took them to the Katyn Forest outside of Smolensk for a lovely picnic - as a show of good will.

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As I said in my edited post, it was a typo where I messed up the impact of MH17's shoot down on Netherlands and the Smolensk incident.

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> The same type of reactor as Chernobyl is still in operation at the Leningrad NPP Along with three units each in Kursk and Smolensk NPPs.

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[...] Earlier, two separate reports by Polish and Russian experts on aviation incidents said the crash on approach in dense fog to the Smolensk airport, which did not have sophisticated aviation equipment, was the result of human errors made in adverse weather conditions.

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F-35 sounds like a good solution for, say, Poland, since Polish F-35 (Harpias) maneuvering unnoticed near Belorussian border will be able to attack Russian forces, supply lines all the way to the Smolensk Gate (50-mile-wide territory between the Dzwina and Dnieper rivers), which is a main attack direction for Russian army.

Quote examples

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"Slavic Russians" are mostly Belarusians (Smolensk Region) or forcibly assimilated Ukrainians (Bryansk, Kursk, Voronezh) or not even assimilated Ukrainians in Kuban (they still speak Ukrainian, but have their own name for it).

Proper noun examples

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This fact was made available during investigation into the Polish government plane crash in Smolensk.

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After the crash of the Polish president's plane in Smolensk, it was widely known that the Americans have recordings of all conversations made with his satellite phone aboard the plane.

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- Polish–Muscovite War (1609–1618), Poland gained Severia and Smolensk.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use smolensk in a sentence?

There is still a lot of folks who also attribute the 2010 Smolensk air disaster to Putin as well.

What does smolensk mean?

A city, the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia.

What part of speech is smolensk?

smolensk is commonly used as noun.