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Tanaïs

(Encyclopedia)Tanaïs: see Don, river, Russia; Azov, city. ...

Volsk

(Encyclopedia)Volsk vôlsk [key], city (1989 pop. 66,000), S central European Russia, a port on the Volga River. It has food and metal processing and cement industries. ...

Mueller, Robert Swan, 3d

(Encyclopedia)Mueller, Robert Swan, 3d, 1944–, American law enforcement official, b. New York City, B.A. Princeton, 1966, M.A. New York Univ., 1967, J.D. Univ. of Virginia School of Law, 1973. After serving in Vi...

Udmurt Republic

(Encyclopedia)Udmurt Republic o͝odˈmo͝ort, Rus. o͝odmo͞ortˈ [key] or Udmurtia, constituent republic (1990 pop. 1,620,000), 16,255 sq mi (42,100 sq km), European Russia, in the forested foothills of the Urals,...

Kaliningrad

(Encyclopedia)Kaliningrad kəlyēˌnyĭn-grätˈ [key], formerly Königsberg, city (1989 pop. 401,000), capital of Kaliningrad region, an exclave of W European Russia; on the Pregolya River near its mouth on the Vi...

Shkhara

(Encyclopedia)Shkhara shŭkˈhərä [key], peak, c.17,064 ft (5,201 m) high, in the Greater Caucasus, SW of Nalchik and on the border between Georgia and Russia. ...

Checheno-Ingush Republic

(Encyclopedia)Checheno-Ingush Republic, former republic, Russia: see Chechnya; Ingushetia. ...

Chany

(Encyclopedia)Chany chənēˈ [key], saltwater lake, 1,280 sq mi (3,315 sq km), S Siberian Russia, in the Baraba Steppe, centered among the towns of Bulgar, Barabinsk, and Kupino. ...

Goryn

(Encyclopedia)Goryn gôˈrĭn [key], Pol. Horyń, river, W European Russia. It rises 65 mi (105 km) E of Lviv and flows 410 mi (660 km) N into the Pripyat River. ...

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

(Encyclopedia)North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), established under the North Atlantic Treaty (Apr. 4, 1949) by Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, N...