Chelyuskin

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Che·lyus·kin

 (chĕl-yo͞o′skĭn, chĭ-lyo͞o′-), Cape
A cape of north-central Russia on the Taymyr Peninsula. It is Asia's northernmost point.
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Chelyuskin

(Russian tʃɪˈljuskin)
n
(Placename) Cape Chelyuskin a cape in N central Russia, in N Siberia at the end of the Taimyr Peninsula: the northernmost point of Asia
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Chel•yus•kin

(tʃɛlˈyʊs kɪn)

n.
Cape, a cape in the N Russian Federation in Asia, on the Taimyr Peninsula: the northernmost point of the Asia mainland.
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In the spring of 1934, millions of Soviet citizens were glued to their tochki as they followed the rescue of the crew of the ill-fated Cheliuskin. (79) At the end of the same year came a Soviet "JFK" moment, as the Radio Committee was inundated with letters from shocked citizens who had heard on the radio about the murder of Sergei Kirov.
(79) On the Cheliuskin affair, see John McCannon, Red Arctic: Polar Exploration and the Myth of the North in the Soviet Union, 1932-1939 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998), 61-68.
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(36) Instead of an introduction, he published his poem, "Isvishn himl un ayz" ("Between Sky and Ice"), glorifying the expedition of the SS Cheliuskin. In 1933 and 1934, the polar expedition of the Cheliuskin, which was crushed in the ice, attracted the attention of millions and gave rise to a vast body of writing.
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