Kirov definitions

kē'rôf', kyē'rəf
A city of west-central Russia east-northeast of Moscow. Founded as an independent republic in the 1100s, it was annexed by Ivan III in 1489.
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City in NC European Russia.
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A Russian surname.
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A city in Russia, administrative centre of Kirov oblast.
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Origin of kirov

Renamed in 1934, after Sergey Kirov (1886–1934), a Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet communist assassinated in 1934.

Sentence Examples

  • enfolded a sublime performance by the Kirov's Corps de ballet.

  • Kirov now joined the Bolshevik faction of the Social Democratic Party.

  • The Kirov is playing for very high stakes Kirov Opera is taking a huge gamble in touring with Wagner's Ring cycle.

  • Joining the Kirov Ballet in 1967, Baryshnikov's career in Russia was successful from the very beginning.

  • By 1967 he was making his homeland proud, dancing with the Kirov Ballet.

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