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Simbirsk

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Sim·birsk  (sm-bîrsk, sym-)
A city of western Russia on the Volga River east-southeast of Moscow. Founded in 1648 on the site of an earlier fort, it was the birthplace of V.I. Lenin and was known as Ulyanovsk from 1924 to 1991. Population: 623,000.
Simbirsk (Russian) [simˈbirsk]
n
(Placename) a city in W central Russia on the River Volga: birthplace of Lenin (V. I. Ulyanov). Pop.: 671 700 (1999 est.) Former name (1924-91) Ulyanovsk
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