Dnieper River


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Noun1.Dnieper River - a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black SeaDnieper River - a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea
Russian Federation, Russia - a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state
Belarus, Belorussia, Byelarus, Byelorussia, Republic of Belarus, White Russia - a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet
Ukraine, Ukrayina - a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century
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The 42-year-old, who lived in Dunmurry, outside South Belfast, drowned in the Dnieper River in Zaporizhia this month.
Right on the bank of Dnieper River bordering the city's historic Podil area is the established Fairmont Grand Hotel.
It is a two-hour drive from the centre of Kiev, following the banks of the Dnieper river into the woods.
The Dnieper River has been home for the mussels for centuries, yet the mussel population is stable and very low compared to Lake Michigan.
To build a coherent picture of the formation of the Scandinavian-based power along the Dnieper River, Tolochko erases historical details that do not fit the bigger picture.
Cauldron with loop handle and Greek decoration, 375-325 BC, Raskopana Mogila burial mound, Dnieper river region, northern Black Sea, cast bronze, ht 47cm.
At the same time, a politically cohesive EU would be a bulwark of stability stretching from the English Channel to Ukraine's Dnieper River. In the absence of U.S.
The list also included cruises along the Danube River, which passes through multiple countries, including Hungary, Germany and Austria; the Chobe and Zambezi rivers in Africa; the Seine River in France; the Dnieper River in Russia; and the Rhine River, which passes through Switzerland, Germany, France, the Netherlands and Austria.
Impressive grain handling, storing and logistics projects have revived shipping along the Dnieper River and created numerous brand new grain terminals in the ports of Nikolayev and Odessa.
Privately, some of NATO's senior leadership will tell you they expected the insurgency to spread to the Dnieper River and the gates of Kyiv by the fall of 2014 and were actively gaming out what that would mean.