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Gorki
(Encyclopedia)Gorki: see Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. ...Gorky, former name of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
(Encyclopedia)Gorky: see Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. ...Vaigach
(Encyclopedia)Vaigach: see Vaygach, island, Russia. ...Verkhneudinsk
(Encyclopedia)Verkhneudinsk: see Ulan-Ude, Russia. ...Zagorsk
(Encyclopedia)Zagorsk: see Sergiyev Posad, Russia. ...Taimyra
(Encyclopedia)Taimyra: see Taymyra, river, Russia. ...Caspian Gates
(Encyclopedia)Caspian Gates: see Derbent, Russia. ...Irtysh
(Encyclopedia)Irtysh ĭrtĭshˈ [key], river, c.2,650 mi (4,260 km) long, W Siberian Russia and Kazakhstan. It is the chief tributary of the Ob and one of the two major rivers of W Siberia. As the Ertix, it rises i...Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilyevich
(Encyclopedia)Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilyevich mēkhəyēlˈ vəsēˈlyəvĭch ləmənôˈsəf [key], 1711–65, Russian scientist, scholar, and writer, an outstanding figure in 18th-century Russia. Lomonosov was the...Holst, Hermann Eduard von
(Encyclopedia)Holst, Hermann Eduard von fən hôlst [key], 1841–1904, American historian, b. Livonia (then part of Russia), of German parents. He was barred from Russia because of a pamphlet attacking the czarist...Browse by Subject
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