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Kovrov

(Encyclopedia)Kovrov kərôfˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 160,000), central European Russia, on the Klyazma River. Kovrov is an industrial center that produces excavating machines, linen textiles, and machine tools. ...

Mirny

(Encyclopedia)Mirny mērˈnē [key], town, NE Siberian Russia, in Sakha Republic. Founded in 1956, when diamonds were discovered, Mirny grew rapidly and is now the center of the Russian diamond-mining industry. ...

Moksha

(Encyclopedia)Moksha môkˈshə [key], river, c.375 mi (600 km) long, rising NW of Penza, central European Russia, and flowing generally NW into the Oka River. Its lower course is navigable. ...

Moscow Basin

(Encyclopedia)Moscow Basin, lignite basin, c.200 mi (320 km) long and 50 mi (80 km) wide, central European Russia, S of Moscow. Tula is the chief city of the region. Low-grade bituminous and lignite coals, suitable...

Communist party, in Russia and the Soviet Union

(Encyclopedia)See L. Schapiro, The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (2d ed. 1971); S. F. Cohen, Rethinking the Soviet Experience (1985); M. Geller, Utopia in Power (1986); S. Carter, Russian Nationalism (1990); ...

Chistopol

(Encyclopedia)Chistopol chēstôˈpəl [key], city (1989 pop. 65,500), Tatarstan, E European Russia, on the Kuybyshev Reservoir. It is a grain-trading center and has machinery plants. Chistopol was chartered in 178...

Chelyuskin, Cape

(Encyclopedia)Chelyuskin, Cape chĭlyo͞oˈskĭn [key], northernmost point (lat. 77°43′N) of Asia, Krasnoyarsk Territory, N central Siberian Russia. It is named after the Russian navigator who discovered it in 1...

Belovo

(Encyclopedia)Belovo byĕlôˈvə [key], city, S central Siberian Russia. One of the largest industrial cen...

Vysokaya

(Encyclopedia)Vysokaya vĭsôˈkäyä [key], mountain, c.1,235 ft (380 m) high, E European Russia, in the central Urals, NW of Nizhni Tagil. It has rich magnetite deposits, which have been mined since 1721. ...

Evenki Autonomous Area

(Encyclopedia)Evenki Autonomous Area ĕvyĕnˈkē [key], former administrative division, 287,645 sq mi (745,000 sq km), N ...
 

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