Columbia Encyclopedia

Search results

296 results found

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...

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...

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...

Lemberg

(Encyclopedia)Lemberg: see Lviv, Ukraine.

Kyiv

(Encyclopedia)Kyiv, Ukraine: see Kiev.

Luck

(Encyclopedia)Luck: see Lutsk, Ukraine.

Lugansk

(Encyclopedia)Lugansk, Ukraine: see Luhansk.

Kowel

(Encyclopedia)Kowel: see Kovel, Ukraine.

Hotin

(Encyclopedia)Hotin: see Khotin, Ukraine.