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Sakha Republic

(Encyclopedia)Sakha Republic yəko͞oˈshēə [key], constituent republic (1995 pop. 1,035,000), c.1,200,000 sq mi (3,108,000 sq km), NE Siberian Russia. Yakutsk is the capital. The Sakha Republic is bounded in the...

Cisalpine Republic

(Encyclopedia)Cisalpine Republic sĭsălˈpīn [key], Italian state created by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1797 by uniting the Transpadane and Cispadane republics, which he had established (1796) N and S of the Po River....

Adygey Republic

(Encyclopedia)Adygey Republic ədĭgyĕˈ [key] or Adygeya, formerly Adyge Autonomous Region, constituent republic (1990 est. pop. 435,000), c.2,935 sq mi (7,600 sq km), an enclave within Krasnodar Territory, SE Eu...

Cispadane Republic

(Encyclopedia)Cispadane Republic: see Cisalpine Republic. ...

Daghestan Republic

(Encyclopedia)Daghestan Republic: see Dagestan Republic. ...

Transpadane Republic

(Encyclopedia)Transpadane Republic: see Cisalpine Republic. ...

Batavian Republic

(Encyclopedia)Batavian Republic, name for the Netherlands in the years (1795–1806) following conquest by the French during the French Revolutionary Wars. The United Provinces of the Netherlands were reconstituted...

Tyva Republic

(Encyclopedia)Tyva Republic, Russia: see Tuva Republic. ...

Altay Republic

(Encyclopedia)Altay Republic: see Altai Republic, Russia. ...

Chuvash Republic

(Encyclopedia)Chuvash Republic cho͞oväshˈ [key] or Chuvashia, constituent republic, 7,066 sq mi (18,301 ...