lower volga
41Kalmyk — I. Kal·myk1 (kălʹmĭk, kăl mĭkʹ) also Kal·muck or Kal·muk (kălʹmŭk, kăl mŭkʹ) n. pl. Kalmyk or Kal·myks also Kalmuck or Kal·mucks or Kalmuk or Kal·muks 1. A member of a Buddhist Mongol people now located primarily in Kalmyk. 2. The Mo …
42slavery — /slay veuh ree, slayv ree/, n. 1. the condition of a slave; bondage. 2. the keeping of slaves as a practice or institution. 3. a state of subjection like that of a slave: He was kept in slavery by drugs. 4. severe toil; drudgery. [1545 55; SLAVE… …
43Astrakhan — /as treuh kan /; Russ. /u strddu khahn /, n. a city in the S Russian Federation in Europe, at the mouth of the Volga. 461,000. * * * City (pop., 2001 est.: 479,700), southwestern Russia. It is situated on several islands in the delta of the Volga …
44Batu Khan — ( mn. Бат Хаан, ru. Батый) (c. 1205–1255) was a Mongol ruler and the founder of the Blue Horde. Batu was a son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan. His Blue Horde became the Golden Horde (or Kipchak Khanate), which ruled Rus and the Caucasus… …
45Old Great Bulgaria — ←   ← …
46astrakhan — /as treuh keuhn, kan /, n. 1. a fur of young lambs, with lustrous, closely curled wool, from Astrakhan. 2. Also called astrakhan cloth. a fabric with curled pile resembling astrakhan fur. Also, astrachan. [1760 70] * * * City (pop., 2001 est.:… …
47Georg Forster — Infobox Scientist name = Georg Forster box width = image size =150px caption =Portrait of Georg Forster at age 26, by J. H. W. Tischbein, 1781 birth date = November 27 1754 birth place = Nassenhuben, Poland death date = January 10 1794 death… …
48Kurgan hypothesis — The Kurgan hypothesis (also theory or model) is a model of early Indo European origins, which postulates that the Kurgan culture of the Pontic steppe were the most likely speakers of the reconstructed Proto Indo European language. Though… …
49Saqsin — (aka Saksin, Saksin Bolgar) was a medieval city that flourished from the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries. It was situated in the Volga Delta (modern day Astrakhan Oblast), or in the Lower Volga, and was known in pre Mongol times as Saksin… …
50Olya — For the female name of which Olya is a diminutive, see Olga (name). Olya (English) Оля (Russian) …
