siberian larch
101Akshuat dendropark — Geobox Protected Area name = Akshuatian dendropark native name = other name = other name1 = category local = Natural Monuments of Russia category iucn = III image size = image caption = country = Russia region = Ulyanovsk region1 = region type =… …
102Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen — were two young men from Norway who went with fellow Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen on his 1918 Arctic expedition aboard ship Maud . Peter Tessem was a carpenter and Paul Knutsen was an able bodiedseaman. One year into the expedition, in 1919,… …
103Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
104Khabarovsk — /keuh bahr euhfsk/; Russ. /khu bah rddeuhfsk/, n. 1. Formerly, Far Eastern Region. a territory of the Russian Federation in NE Asia. 1,565,000; 965,400 sq. mi. (2,500,400 sq. km). 2. a port in and the capital of this territory, in the SE part, on …
105Sverdlovsk — /sverd lawfsk , lofsk , sferd /; Russ. /svyirdd dlawfsk /, n. former name (1924 91) of Ekaterinburg. * * * ▪ Ukraine city, eastern Ukraine, in the Donets Basin. Sverdlovsk, named for the Bolshevik leader Yakov Mikhaylovich Sverdlov… …
106Korea, North — Introduction Korea, North Background: Following World War II, Korea was split with the northern half coming under Communist domination and the southern portion becoming Western oriented. KIM Chong il has ruled North Korea since his father and the …
107Baikalsky Nature Reserve — ▪ research area, Russia natural area set aside for research in the natural sciences, on the southern shore of Lake Baikal (Baikal, Lake), southeastern Russia. The reserve was established in 1969 and has an area of 640 square miles (1,657… …
108biogeographic region — Introduction area of animal and plant distribution having similar or shared characteristics throughout. It is a matter of general experience that the plants and animals of the land and inland waters differ to a greater or lesser… …
109Evenk — ▪ district, Russia also called Evenki, Evenki also spelled Evenky, former autonomous okrug (district), Krasnoyarsk kray (territory) in north central Russia, on the Central Siberian Plateau. In 2007 it merged with …
110Khakassia — ▪ republic, Russia also spelled Khakasiya, or Khakassiya republic in central Russia. The republic occupies the western half of the broad Minusinsk Basin on the upper Yenisey River. The Abakan River, a tributary of the Yenisey, forms the… …
