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61Geography of Russia — The Russian Federation stretches across much of the north of the super continent of Eurasia. Because of its size, Russia displays both monotony and diversity. As with its topography, its climates, vegetation, and soils span vast distances.cite… …
62Nivkhs — Ethnic group group=Nivkhs Alternative names: Nivkh, Nivkhi, Gilyak, Giliaks, Giliastski poptime=5,300 (est.) popplace= Russia: Khabarovsk Krai, Sakhalin Oblast langs= Nivkh, Russian rels=Shamanism, Russian Orthodoxy related= Ainu, Oroks, Itelmen …
63Europe — /yoor euhp, yerr / for 1; /yoo roh pee, yeuh / for 2, n. 1. a continent in the W part of the landmass lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, separated from Asia by the Ural Mountains on the E and the Caucasus Mountains and the Black and… …
64Yenisey River — River, western Russia. One of the longest rivers in Asia, it rises in the borderland of south central Russia and Mongolia and flows along the edge of the West Siberian Plain to empty into the Kara Sea. Along its course it receives numerous… …
65Chukotka Autonomous Okrug — Чукотский автономный округ (Russian)   Autonomous okrug   …
66Krasnoyarsk — /kras neuh yahrsk /; Russ. /krddeuh snu yahrddsk /, n. 1. a territory of the Russian Federation in N and central Asia. 3,198,000; 827,507 sq. mi. (2,143,243 sq. km). 2. a town in and the capital of this territory, on the Yenisei River. 796,000. * …
67Taiga — (pronEng|ˈtaɪgə, from Turkic [ taiga. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) . Random House, Inc. 12 Mar. 2008. [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/taiga web link ] ] or Mongolian) is a biome characterized by coniferous forests. Covering most of… …
68Irkutsk — /eerdd koohtsk /, n. a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, W of Lake Baikal. 550,000. * * * City (pop., 2001 est.: 587,200), east central Russia. Located on the Angara River, it was founded as a wintering camp in 1652. It soon became a… …
69Sakha — or Yakut Siberian people who speak a Turkic language. Most were formerly seminomadic, raising cattle and horses. They lived in winter settlements of earth covered log huts and summer camps of conical birch bark tents near pasturage and sources of …
70Geography of the Soviet Union — The Soviet Union was located in the middle and northern latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. Slightly less than 2.5 times the landmass of the United States, it was a continental sized country only slightly smaller than the whole of North America …
