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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of west-central Ukraine southwest of Kiev. Founded in the 1300s, it passed to Russia in 1793 and is now a processing center and railroad junction.
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In the early 1900s, her father, Samuel Browns, came from Vinnitsa (Vinnytsya), Russia (currently in Central Ukraine, it was taken by Russia from Poland in 1793).
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Ternopil's'ka (Ternopil '), Vinnyts'ka (Vinnytsya), Volyns'ka
The 1996 CIA Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Ternopil's'ka (Ternopil '), Vinnyts'ka (Vinnytsya), Volyns'ka
The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Ternopil's'ka (Ternopil '), Vinnyts'ka (Vinnytsya), Volyns'ka
The 1999 CIA Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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(1938-1985), also known under the pen name of Vasyl Petryk, was born in Vinnytsya.
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14: 03 On September 22, 2009 the Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko will pay a working visit to Vinnytsya region where she is to take part in an all-Ukrainian meeting dedicated to the development of sugar-beet area.
forUm 2009
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