Kostroma

Kos·tro·ma

(kŏs′trə-mä′)

A city of northwest Russia on the Volga River northeast of Moscow. Founded in 1152, it was annexed by Muscovy in 1364.

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Kostroma

(Russian kəstraˈma)

(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: 280 000 (2005 est)

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Ko•stro•ma

(ˌkɒs trəˈmɑ)

n.

a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow, on the Volga. 276,000.

Translations

コストロマ

Кострома

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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.

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"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.

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Securities and Exchange Commission, revised the Outlook on the Russian Kostroma Region's Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to Positive from Stable and affirmed the IDRs at 'B+'.

Fitch Ratings revises Outlook on Russian Kostroma Region's IDRs to Positive

Children from Ludworth Primary School have been bonding with those living in Durham's Russian partner city of Kostroma - which the city has been linked with since 1968 - in a project organised by Durham County Council's international relations office, with funding from the British Council.

Pupils sent art to Russia with love

31 December 2012 - Russian natural gas producer Novatek OAO (MCX:NVTK) said it had acquired an 82% stake in regional gas distributor Gazprom Mezhregiongas Kostroma OOO from Gazprom OAO (MCX:GAZP) for RUB554m (USD18.2m/EUR13.8m).

Russia's Novatek buys majority of Gazprom Mezhregiongas Kostroma

31 December 2012 a[euro]" Russian natural gas producer Novatek OAO (MCX:NVTK) said it had acquired an 82% stake in regional gas distributor Gazprom Mezhregiongas Kostroma OOO from Gazprom OAO (MCX:GAZP) for RUB554m (USD18.2m/EUR13.8m).

Russia's Novatek buys majority of Gazprom Mezhregiongas Kostroma

23 November 2011 - Fitch set yesterday an expected long-term local currency rating of B+(exp) and an expected national long-term rating of A(rus)(exp) to the upcoming RUB4bn (USD128.1m/EUR95.2m) domestic bond sale of Russia's Kostroma region.

-Kostroma's planned RUB4bn bond gets B+(exp) rating from Fitch

The county has been twinned with Kostroma since 1968 at the height of the old Cold War.

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Ruukki Group Oyj signs forestry deal with the province of Kostroma in Russia

ABSTRACT: A telemetry system was designed to assist in the study of moose behavior at the Kostroma moose farm in Russia.