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Mo⋅lo⋅tov

  [mol-uh-tawf, -tof, moh-luh-, maw-; Russ. maw-luh-tuhf]
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–noun
1. Vya⋅che⋅slav Mi⋅khai⋅lo⋅vich  [vee-ah-chuh-slahf mi-kahy-luh-vich; Russ. vyi-chyi-slahf myi-khahy-luh-vyich] , (Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Skryabin), 1890–1986, Russian statesman: commissar of foreign affairs 1939–49, 1953–56.
2. former name of Perm.

Perm

  [purm, pairm; Russ. pyerm]
–noun
a city in the E Russian Federation in Europe, on the Kama River. 1,091,000.
Formerly, Molotov.
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Mo·lo·tov   (mŏl'ə-tôf', môl'-, mō'lə-)   
Soviet politician who was head of the Council of People's Commissars (1930-1941) and foreign minister (1939-1949 and 1953-1956).
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Word Origin & History

perm  (n.)
1927, shortened form of permanent wave (1909). The verb is first recorded 1928.
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Molotov

city and administrative centre of Perm oblast (province), western Russia. The city stands on both banks of the Kama River below its confluence with the Chusovaya.

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