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(Encyclopedia) Leningrad: see Saint Petersburg, Russia.Petrograd
(Encyclopedia) Petrograd: see Saint Petersburg, Russia.Peterhof
(Encyclopedia) Peterhof or PetergofPetergofpĕtyĭrgôfˈ [key], formerly (1944–97) PetrodvoretsPetrodvoretspyĕˌtrədvəryĕtsˈ [key], town, NW European Russia, on Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland.…Krasnoye Selo
(Encyclopedia) Krasnoye SeloKrasnoye Selokräsˈnəyə syĭlôˈ [key], district, NW European Russia. It is a rail terminus and has industries producing paper and plastics. Krasnoye Selo was a favorite…Saint Petersburg, city, Russia
(Encyclopedia) Saint Petersburg, formerly Leningrad, Rus. Sankt-Peterburg, city (1990 est. pop. 5,036,000), capital of the Leningrad region (although not administratively part of it) and the…Karelian Isthmus
(Encyclopedia) Karelian Isthmus, land bridge, NW European Russia, connecting Russia and Finland. Situated between the Gulf of Finland in the west and Lake Ladoga in the east, it is 25 to 70 mi (40–…Manh, Nong Duc
(Encyclopedia) Manh, Nong DucManh, Nong Ducnông d&oomacr;k mī [key], 1940–, Vietnamese political leader. A member of the Tai minority and a forestry worker, Manh joined the Communist party in…Saint Petersburg, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Saint Petersburg, city (1990 pop. 238,629), Pinellas co., W Fla., on Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico at the southern end of the Pinellas peninsula; settled in the mid-1800s, inc. 1892…Komi Republic
(Encyclopedia) Komi Republic, constituent republic (1990 pop. 1,270,000), c.160,000 sq mi (414,400 sq km), NE European Russia. Syktyvkar is the capital. The region is a wooded lowland, stretching…Arkhangelsk
(Encyclopedia) ArkhangelskArkhangelskərkhänˈgĭlsk [key] or ArchangelArchangelärkˈānˌjəl [key], city (1990 est. 418,000), NW European Russia, on the Northern Dvina near its mouth at the White Sea.…Trending
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