Barnaul

[ bahr-nuh-ool; Russian buhr-nuh-ool ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the capital of the Altai territory in the Russian Federation, on the Ob River, S of Novosibirsk.

Barnaul

/ bərnaˈul /

Barnaul was founded in 1730 by A. Demidov, to whose memory a monument has been erected.

He was carrying gold from Irkutsk to Barnaul, which is the great place for smelting it.

Old Barnaul parted company with us to proceed to Tomsk, which was then only 120 miles distant.

Old Barnaul managed to slip on the ice and fall into a hole that had been broken by the horses' feet.

Here we found Old Barnaul and his Cossack sleeping soundly on the boards.

April 20, 2024flabbergast

[flab-er-gast ]

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