Kostroma

[ kos-truh-mah; Russian kuh-struh-mah ]

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Kostroma

/ kəstraˈma /

a city in W central Russia, on the River Volga: fought over bitterly by Novgorod, Tver, and Moscow, until annexed by Moscow in 1329; textile centre. Pop: 280 000 (2005 est)

He bought several towns, besides land in the neighborhood of Vladimir, Rostof, and Kostroma.

He opened his eyes and saw his friend Ukleikin, the landscape painter, who had been away all the summer in the Kostroma district.

All the nobility, for fifty versts around, including Prince Paul and the chief families of Kostroma, were invited.

Volkov was born at Kostroma, in 1729, the son of a merchant.

Thereupon the inhabitants of Moscow deserted the town and took up residence with their prince in Kostroma.

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