Yal·ta

(yôl′tə)

A city of southeast Ukraine in southern Crimea on the Black Sea. A popular resort, it was the site of an Allied conference (attended by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin) in February 1945.

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Yalta

(Russian ˈjaltə)

(Placename) a port and resort in the Crimea on the Black Sea: scene of a conference (1945) between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin, who met to plan the final defeat and occupation of Nazi Germany. Pop: 80 552 (2005 est)

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Yal•ta

(ˈyɔl tə, ˈyɑl-)

n.

a seaport in the Crimea, in S Ukraine, on the Black Sea: site of wartime conference of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin 1945. 83,000.

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Yalta - a resort city in Crimea in the southern Ukraine on the Black Sea; site of the Allied conference between Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill in February 1945

Crimea - a Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov

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He must have been desirous of proving that Americans were welcome guests in the imperial palaces of Russia, because he rode all the way to Yalta and escorted our procession to the Emperor's himself, and kept his aids scurrying about, clearing the road and offering assistance wherever it could be needed.

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