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Kostroma

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Kos·tro·ma  (kstr-mä)
A city of northwest Russia on the Volga River northeast of Moscow. Founded in 1152, it was annexed by Moscow in 1364. Population: 276,000.
Kostroma (Russian) [kəstraˈma]
n
(Placename) 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.: 289 300 (1999 est.)


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But go with the firm intention of killing your man as quickly and surely as possible, and then all will be right, as our bear huntsman at Kostroma used to tell me.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
"The Abbot Pafnute lived in the fourteenth century," began the prince; "he was in charge of one of the monasteries on the Volga, about where our present Kostroma government lies.
The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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