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Valaam

(Encyclopedia)Valaam, island, Russia: see Ladoga, Lake. ...

Tuva

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

Tyva Republic

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

Birobidzhan

(Encyclopedia)Birobidzhan: see Jewish Autonomous Region, Russia. ...

Taimyr Peninsula

(Encyclopedia)Taimyr Peninsula: see Taymyr Peninsula, Russia. ...

Msta

(Encyclopedia)Msta əmstäˈ [key], river, c.280 mi (450 km) long, rising N of Vyshne Volochek, NW European Russia, and flowing generally NW into Lake Ilmen near Novgorod. Navigable in its lower course, it is inclu...

Maloyaroslavets

(Encyclopedia)Maloyaroslavets mäˌləyärəsläˈvyĭts [key], city, E central European Russia, on the Luzh River. In Oct., 1812, Russian forces in the city barred the road to Kaluga against Napoleon's retreating ...

Ippolitov-Ivanov, Mikhail Mikhailovich

(Encyclopedia)Ippolitov-Ivanov, Mikhail Mikhailovich mēkhəyēlˈ mēkhīˈləvĭch ēpəlyēˈtəf-ēväˈnəf [key], 1859–1935, Russian composer; pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov at the Moscow Conservatory. His work b...

Alatyr

(Encyclopedia)Alatyr ələtĭrˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 47,000), Chuvash Republic, E European Russia, at the confluence of the Sura and Alatyr rivers. Founded in 1552, it is a river port and railroad junction with ...

Saransk

(Encyclopedia)Saransk səränskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 312,000), capital of Mordovia, central European Russia. Machine building and food processing are the major industries. Saransk was founded as a fort in 1641....
 

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