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Meanings of colony of the russian empire in English

Russian
поселения иностранцев

Created under government encouragement in sparsely populated territories.

поселения иностранцев
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Examples for "colony"
Examples for "colony"
1
The colony is breeding fast, often causing a problem for local residents.
The South African
2
A ship or some small colony is having problems and needs help.
Midnight at the well of souls
3
The former Portuguese colony has seen several coups since independence in 1974.
Reuters
4
The construction of the cells improves; the colony grows, the comfort increases.
The Life of the Bee
5
A little later the white colony on the mesa was in darkness.
Sunny Slopes
1
His chance for dealing with the Russian colony had at last arrived.
South Wind
2
Various nationalities were represented, though the Russian colony was conspicuous by its absence.
South Wind
3
They are aware they live in a Russian colony and have no hope for change.
The new yorker
4
At the present day we have in Paris a Russian colony, a Spanish colony, a Levantine colony, an American colony.
L'Abbe Constantin — Volume 2
5
She was also troubled in mind, though in a lesser degree, about the fate of the remainder of the Russian colony.
South Wind