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Medveditsa
(Encyclopedia)Medveditsa mĭdvĕˈdyĭtsə [key], river, c.430 mi (690 km) long, SE European Russia. It rises NW of Volsk, flows roughly parallel to the Volga past Petrovsk, and empties into the Don River near Sera...Kislovodsk
(Encyclopedia)Kislovodsk kēsləvôtskˈ [key] [Rus.,=sour water], city (1989 pop. 114,000), S European Russia, in the N Caucasus Mts. It is a famous health resort with mineral springs, sanatoriums, and a physico-t...Dashava
(Encyclopedia)Dashava dəshäˈvə [key], a natural gas producing region of Ukraine, mainly in Lviv region, in the Carpathian foothills. It is linked by pipeline to many centers of Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia, inc...Adalbert, Saint
(Encyclopedia)Adalbert, Saint ădˈəlbərt [key], 956–97, bishop of Prague, b. Bohemia. He was a missionary in Russia, Prussia, and Poland and was martyred in Danzig. He is patron of Bohemia and Poland. Feast: A...Severodvinsk
(Encyclopedia)Severodvinsk syĕˈvĕrŏdvinsk [key], city (1989 pop. 249,000), NW European Russia, on the Dvina Bay of the White Sea. The main industries are shipbuilding, lumbering, and transshipment. It is a base...Orekhovo-Zuyevo
(Encyclopedia)Orekhovo-Zuyevo əryĕˈkhəvə-zo͞oˈyĭvə [key], city (1989 pop. 137,000), W central European Russia, on the Klyazma River. There is a large textile industry (dating from the 18th cent.) and a maj...Olekma
(Encyclopedia)Olekma əlyĕkˈmə [key], river, c.820 mi (1,320 km) long, rising in the Yablonovy range, SE Siberian Russia. It flows N through Amursk region and the Sakha Republic to the Lena River below Olekminsk...Telpos-Iz
(Encyclopedia)Telpos-Iz tyĭlpôsˈ-ēs [key], peak 5,304 ft (1,617 m) high, NE European Russia, in the N Urals. It was thought to be the highest in the Urals until the discovery of Naroda peak. ...Sukhona
(Encyclopedia)Sukhona so͞okhôˈnə [key], river, c.350 mi (560 km) long, N European Russia. It flows from Kubeno Lake NE into the Yug River at Veliki Ustyug to form the Northern Dvina River. ...Cossacks
(Encyclopedia)Cossacks kŏsˈăks, –əks [key], Rus. Kazaki, Ukr. Kozaky, peasant-soldiers in Ukraine and in several regions of Russia who, until 1918, held certain privileges in return for rendering military ser...Browse by Subject
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