City craft back carrying Russian rifle (6)

I believe the answer is:

krakow

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'city' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
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(Other definitions for krakow that I've seen before include "Second city of Poland" , "Industrial city in southern Poland" , "In Polish, southern city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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