Rybinsk

[ rib-insk; Russian ri-byinsk ]

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a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NNE of Moscow, on the Volga near the Rybinsk Reservoir. Formerly Andropov, none Shcherbakov.
Also called Rybinsk Reservoir. a reservoir in the N central Russian Federation in Europe, on the upper Volga River. 1,768 sq. mi. (4,579 sq. km).

Rybinsk

/ ˈribinsk /

noun

a city in W central Russia, on the River Volga: an important river port, terminal of the Mariinsk Waterway (between Saint Petersburg and the Volga) at the SE end of the Rybinsk Reservoir (area: 4700 sq km (1800 sq miles)). Pop: 218 000 (2005 est) Former namesfrom the Revolution until 1957Shcherbakov1984–91Andropov

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Decades later, the last surviving Mologa townspeople and their descendants still come to the nearby town of Rybinsk for an annual get-together in mid-August.

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