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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of western Russia on the Volga River east-southeast of Moscow. Founded as Simbirsk in 1648, it was the birthplace of Lenin. It was renamed Ulyanovsk in 1924.
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city on theVolga river inRussia , birthplace ofVladimir Lenin (bornUlyanov ).
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Some sources say these are units deployed in Ivanovo and Ulyanovsk, that is to say, the 98th Guards Svir Airborne Division (Ivanovo) and the 31st Guards Independent Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class Assault Landing Brigade (Ulyanovsk).
RIA Novosti 2009
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Ulyanovsk which is currently under construction and expected to be commissioned in early 2009.
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The Denver Post - Russians get day off to procreate, then win prizes: Moscow - A Russian region of Ulyanovsk has found a novel way to fight the nation's birth-rate crisis: It has declared Sept. 12 the Day of Conception and for the third year running is giving couples time off from work to procreate.
Have Sex, Win a Prize Bill Crider 2007
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Ulyanovsk, about 550 miles east of Moscow, has held similar contests since 2005.
Russians Get Day Off To Procreate, Then Win Prizes | Impact Lab 2007
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The Denver Post - Russians get day off to procreate, then win prizes: Moscow - A Russian region of Ulyanovsk has found a novel way to fight the nation's birth-rate crisis: It has declared Sept. 12 the Day of Conception and for the third year running is giving couples time off from work to procreate.
Archive 2007-08-12 Bill Crider 2007
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He appears to have very influential supporters both in the army and in the government (like the governor of Ulyanovsk region Vladimir Shamanov).
Oleg Kozlovsky: Two New Victims of Political Murders in Russia 2009
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The city of 600,000 people was once called Simbirsk, but was renamed Ulyanovsk during Communism in honor of Lenin, whose given last name was Ulyanov.
Officials in Lenin’s Birthplace Ordered to Learn English - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Before the fall of the Soviet Union, people would often make pilgrimages to Ulyanovsk, the city about 600 miles east of Moscow that birthed Lenin.
Officials in Lenin’s Birthplace Ordered to Learn English - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The city of 600,000 people was once called Simbirsk, but was renamed Ulyanovsk during Communism in honor of Lenin, whose given last name was Ulyanov.
Officials in Lenin’s Birthplace Ordered to Learn English - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Before the fall of the Soviet Union, people would often make pilgrimages to Ulyanovsk, the city about 600 miles east of Moscow that birthed Lenin.
Officials in Lenin’s Birthplace Ordered to Learn English - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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