Kalach meaning

Traditional East Slavic bread shaped like a padlock or various kinds of wheels. Other Slavic nations have similar but not identical types of pastry, e.g. Czech or Slovak koláč/koláč, Polish kołacz, Bulgarian колач (kolač), Serbo-Croatian колач / kolač, etc.
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Origin of kalach

  • From Russian or Ukrainian калач (kaláč), also spelled колач (koláč).

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Kalach Sentence Examples

  • It is also connected by rail with Kalach on the Don, where merchandise from the Sea of Azov is disembarked.

  • Corn from middle Russia for Astrakhan is transferred from the railway to boats at Tsaritsyn; timber and wooden wares from the upper Volga are unloaded here and sent by rail to Kalach; and fish, salt and fruits sent from Astrakhan by boat up the Volga are here unloaded and despatched by rail to the interior of Russia.

  • The Don is navigable throughout the government, and at Kalach is connected by a railway, 45 m.

  • The isthmus is too high to be crossed by means of a canal, but a railway to Kalach brings the Volga into some sort of connexion with the Don and the Sea of Azov.

  • From that point, or rather from Kalach, where the railway (built in 1862) from the Volga has its western terminus, the traffic is very extensive.

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