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Ternopil

(Encyclopedia)Ternopil tyĭrnôˈpəl [key], Rus. Ternopol, Pol. Tarnopol, city (1989 pop. 205,000), capital of Ternopil region, W Ukraine, on the Seret River, a tributary of the Dniester. It is an important rail j...

Uman

(Encyclopedia)Uman o͞omänˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 91,000), central Ukraine, at the confluence of the Kamenka and Umanka rivers. It is a rail junction and has plants producing scientific instruments. Mentioned in...

Kolomyya

(Encyclopedia)Kolomyya kələmĭˈyə [key], Ger. Kolomea, Pol. Kołomyja, city (1989 pop. 63,000), W Ukraine, on the Prut River and in the Carpathian foothills. It is a rail junction and agricultural trade center....

Uzhhorod

(Encyclopedia)Uzhhorod o͝ozhˈhôrôtˌ [key], Czech Užhorod, Rus. Uzhgorod, Hung. Ungvár, city (1989 pop. 117,000), capital of Transcarpathian Region, SW Ukraine, in the SW Carpathian foothills and on the Uzh R...

Dneprodzerzhinsk

(Encyclopedia)Dneprodzerzhinsk: see Kamyanske, Ukraine. ...

Dnepropetrovsk

(Encyclopedia)Dnepropetrovsk: see Dnipro, Ukraine. ...

Aleksandrovsk

(Encyclopedia)Aleksandrovsk: see Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine. ...

Czernowitz

(Encyclopedia)Czernowitz: see Chernivtsi, Ukraine. ...

Chornobyl

(Encyclopedia)Chornobyl, Ukraine: see Chernobyl. ...

Chernovtsy

(Encyclopedia)Chernovtsy: see Chernivtsi, Ukraine. ...