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Yakut Republic

(Encyclopedia)Yakut Republic or Yakutia: see Sakha Republic, Russia. ...

Sudanese Republic

(Encyclopedia)Sudanese Republic: see Mali.

Tatar Republic

(Encyclopedia)Tatar Republic or Tataria: see Tatarstan. ...

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...

Buryat Republic

(Encyclopedia)Buryat Republic bo͝oryätˈēə [key], constituent republic (2020 est. pop. 985,431), c.135,600 sq mi ...

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...

Weimar Republic

(Encyclopedia)Weimar Republic: see Germany.

Chechnya

(Encyclopedia)Chechnya chəchĕnˈ [key], republic (1990 est. pop. 1,300,000, with neighboring Ingushetia), c.6,100 sq mi (15,800 sq km), SE European Russia, in the N Caucasus. Grozny is the capital. Prior to 1992 ...

Caucasus

(Encyclopedia)Caucasus kôˈkəsəs [key], Rus. Kavkaz, region and mountain system, SE European Russia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. Armenia is not crossed by the Caucasus range but is considered part of the greater re...

Karachay-Cherkess Republic

(Encyclopedia)Karachay-Cherkess Republic kärächīˈ-chĕrkĕsˈ [key], constituent republic (1990 est. pop. 420,000), c.5,500 sq mi (14,200 sq km), Stavropol Territory, SE European Russia, in the Greater Caucasus...