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Kuban

[ koo-ban; Russian koo-bahn ]

noun

  1. a river flowing NW from the Caucasus Mountains to the Black and the Azov seas. 512 miles (825 km) long.


Kuban

/ kuˈbanj /

noun

  1. a river in SW Russia, rising in the Caucasus Mountains and flowing north and northwest to the Sea of Azov. Length: 906 km (563 miles)


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There are elk on the Kuban; but the following of the fallow deer in the hills is more common.

Its physical features are described in the article on the Russian province of Kuban, with which it approximately coincides.

So it was in the Kuban, where the democratic Rada found itself under the heel of Denikin.

The coast was flooded, the Kuban railway (under construction) was wrecked, and there was heavy loss of life.

His one idea of diplomacy and war is a thousand Kuban Cossacks at full speed.

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