Sentence examples of "житница" in Russian

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Кавказ - это всесоюзная и кузница, и здравница, и житница. Caucasus is the forge, the granary and the sanatorium of the Soviet Union.
Он считает, что бывшая советская житница нуждается в дополнительных 50 миллиардах долларов. He called for another $50 billion to be pumped into the former Soviet bread basket state.
Несмотря на то, что Зимбабве когда-то была известна, как "житница Африки", многие ее граждане сегодня голодают и существуют только за счет международной продовольственной помощи. Though Zimbabwe was once known as "the breadbasket of Africa," many of its citizens now go hungry and depend on international food donations for survival.
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