стани́ца

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1.
Cossack village, stanitsa
Он вы́рос в каза́чьей стани́це на До́ну.
He grew up in a Cossack village on the Don.
Administrative-territorial unit in Cossack areas of southern Russia.
2.
(rare) flock (of birds), flight (of birds)
В не́бе тяну́лась стани́ца журавле́й.
A flock of cranes was moving across the sky.
Poetic and dated.

Examples

Старый курень стоял на краю станицы.
The old Cossack house stood on the edge of the stanitsa.
В этой станице все друг друга знают.
Everyone in this stanitsa knows everyone else.
Мы приехали в станицу к бабушке на лето.
We went to the stanitsa to stay with our grandmother for the summer.
В станице выбрали нового куренного атамана.
A new kurin ataman was elected in the Cossack village.
Казаки жили в старой станице у реки.
The Cossacks lived in an old stanitsa by the river.